After the dismemberment of the Soviet Union, who would have thought that within the quarter of a century, Russia will once again start giving the United States a tough time.

Clearly Putin’s Russia has put the US and its allies in a tight spot in various global conflicts, the recent being Ukraine. If the US and it allies do not correct their stand vis-à-vis Ukraine then it is bound to further hurt its political credibility.

In democracies, policies need to be changed by ballot and not through bullet or arson, violence etc. Even US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher also aired similar views during an interview on US & Russian TV Channels.

“Russia offered the Ukrainians a deal if they wouldn’t go toward the European direction.

They have a right to accept or reject (the proposal), their government has a right to accept or reject it, without having us trying to say: ‘Well, if you accept any closer ties with Russia that must mean you’re a puppet and you’re corrupt and you’re a gangster.’ Well, for the United States, that’s really interfering locally with what the Ukrainians should be deciding for themselves.”


Hem Raj Jain

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