May 5, 2014 Due May 11, 2014
The Ukraine is currently on the brink of civl war. Russian troops are getting more and more involved and the United States is issuing sterner sanctions and warnings. What should be the United States role in this conflict? To answer this question, read the following websites, cite EACH ONE for any credit, then answer the question.
Background
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/
US involvement
http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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ethanbullard
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I knew what my position was going to be in this post as soon as I read this question. The US should not have very little involvement in this situation. Sanctions and warnings are about as far as they should get. while it may sound harsh, getting in a war with Russia over Ukraine would be idiotic.
“Overall, Russians make up an estimated 59 percent of the population of Crimea and Ukrainians, about 23 percent.” (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/) This staggering number can give Americans some insight as to why there is civil war occurring in Ukraine. The peninsula only became part of Ukraine in 1954 when it was transferred from Russia by Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev. The presence of the Russian Black Sea fleet causes more issues for Ukraine.
“U.S. officials say Russia’s actions are in breach of international law, including the nonintervention provisions in the UN Charter; the 1997 Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation between Russia and Ukraine, which requires Russia to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity” (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/) Russia’s violation of international law calls for international punishment right? Well although this may permit countries to take action, very few have and the only form of action that has been take would be diplomatic. Just what would America benefit from taking military action? This would cause another war and tensions with the world’s second strongest army, Russia.
“Meanwhile, there continues to be no public support for direct U.S. military intervention of any nature to defend Ukraine. In the latter part of March, only 6 percent of Americans wanted to consider military options, such as U.S. military boots on the ground. In the latest Pew Research survey, just under a third support sending arms and military supplies to the Kiev government, a course of action strongly advocated by McCain and other leading GOP officials. This includes just 45 percent of Tea Party sympathizers, 37 percent of Republicans and about a quarter of Democrats.” (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/) With staggering numbers like these, it amazing that the US government continues to stir the pot in Ukraine. I understand it would not be morally right to allow Russia to take whatever they want but that doesn’t call for our military to be put to the test fighting off “pro-Russian” forces. The reason I say “pro-Russian” forces is because it is quite obvious that Russia has it military causing a stir in Crimea just to make it seem necessary to move in more Russian troops to “ensure it’s Russian citizens are protected”. Its a bunch of bull crap that Russia tries to set as a front to keep the public from knowing their intentions. I feel bad for Ukrainian citizens in Crimea but the America public will be in bad shape, possibly dead, if war is commenced with Russia. They lead the world in total tanks with a overwhelming number of 15,500! They also have 8,500 total nuclear warheads (roughly 800 more than America) and 1,740 active warheads (410 less than Americas). (http://www.whichcountry.co/top-10-nuclear-power-countries-in-the-world/)
“RT: Well, let’s talk about Ukraine for a minute. Obviously it’s a hot spot in world topics…How should the US approach the crisis in Ukraine? Should the US do more or less?
GJ: Well, less! Look, don’t get involved in Ukraine! It would be like Russia getting involved in the affairs of Puerto Rico. They’re not going to do it! We shouldn’t be involved in Ukraine! There’s no national security interest here at stake. And I know you’ll hear politicians beating their chests, arguing the opposite. Well, I’m going to argue that there is no national security interest here at risk, and the government has an obligation to protect us against foreign governments that might do us harm – this is not one of those situations.” (http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/) This comes from the interview with Gary Johnson and Lindsay France. What Gary is saying fits perfectly with my opinion. By helping Ukraine and placing American troops on their soil, we are instigating a war in which Americans want no involvement in. Also, by doing this, the US government is placing the lives of countless Americans in danger.
I don’t mind diplomatic solutions to help with the crisis in Ukraine but I am 100% against using or military to keep Russia from taking over Crimea.
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imanifaaruwq
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The United States, though considering its own standing with Russia and other European countries before the fact, should take a stand on helping Ukraine form its own stable central government, rather than trying to persuade the country to join Russia or not. According to the statement, “The country of forty-five million people has struggled with its identity since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Ukraine has failed to resolve its internal divisions and build strong political institutions, hampering its ability to implement economic reforms, overcome corruption, and lessen the sway of powerful oligarchs.”, the country of Ukraine doesn’t need a ruler, but a consultant. (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/) As 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson said, “We shouldn’t get involved in Ukraine. There are unintended consequences as a result of our military interventions. I’m going to suggest that we have hundreds of millions of enemies to this country because of our military interventions.” (http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/), our invlovement may cause the United States to dig itself a hole that it can not get out of. The United States does not know for certain whether its involvement in the Ukraine-Russia situation will help or not. You cannot base decisions that will affect everyone in the country at some point off of assumptions, but facts, and the fact at hand is that the United States is standing on a thin line with countries that it cannot afford to cross. “Americans seem to have warmed to economic sanctions in the confrontation, but they still shy away from any form of military involvement, however minimal.” (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/), says an article taken based on the American opinon of the current internation situation. Americans are sensing that it may not be such a great idea to interfere with something we don’t know the outcome of and could possibly start trouble with various countries and have to brace the country for yet another unnecessary war.
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sarahpickert15
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“U.S. officials say Russia’s actions are in breach of international law, including the nonintervention provisions in the UN Charter; the 1997 Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation between Russia and Ukraine, which requires Russia to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity. . .” (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/)
“According to nearly half of the respondents from an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, 47 percent of them say the US should become less active in world affairs.”
“And when you look at Ukraine right now, I think that would be analogous to Russia getting involved in Puerto Rico. They’re not going to do it. We shouldn’t get involved in Ukraine.” -Gary Johnson
(http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/)
“But even as allegations mount of covert Russian intervention in Ukraine, a war-weary American public doesn’t back getting tougher on Moscow. There is no appetite for significant military involvement in a region that few see as very important to U.S. interests.” (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/)
Although the situation in Ukraine does seem troublesome, I have to agree with the 47 percent of Americans and Gary Johnson that the U.S. should not get involved. Based on the articles, this fight is between Ukraine and Russia, not Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. Ukraine and Russia have been ‘together’ since the ninth century. We as a country have enough problems as it is without worrying about others.
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brooksdeanna0530
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The question we are researching this week is what the United States role should be in the Ukraine being on the brink of a civil war. This all started with a protest against the government because they stopped the plans of making closer trade ties. In the article http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/ it says, “The crisis stems from more than twenty years of weak governance, a lopsided economy dominated by oligarchs, heavy reliance on Russia, and sharp differences between Ukraine’s linguistically, religiously, and ethnically distinct eastern and western halves. ” You can’t have a weak government because you can’t get anything accomplished, or anything enforced with one. When the government cracked down after the three months of protests It started the bloodiest conflict in Ukraine. Ukraine is very important to Russia, with Ukraine still having its close ties to Russia they have more resources and in theory more money. The United States wants Ukraine to become a strong democracy. In the article http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/ it says, “We shouldn’t get involved in Ukraine. There are unintended consequences as a result of our military interventions. I’m going to suggest that we have hundreds of millions of enemies to this country because of our military interventions. ” This is a guy saying how we shouldn’t get involved with Ukraine, he is saying we shouldn’t go to war with our trading partners it causes to many issues and the Americans don’t want to go into any more wars. In the article http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/ it says, “Yet, as with so many issues in Washington today, strong partisan differences are clear when it comes to whether President Obama is handling the crisis ‘about right’ or is not being tough enough” it goes to state again that the Americans don’t want to get involved in the issue. Why should the government do something that makes the people of America upset. They shouldn’t. We should stay away from the issue in Ukraine. Just because we have this ‘big and bad’ army doesn’t mean we should risk the American lives every chance we get. Some battles aren’t worth fighting for.
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taylorwatkins
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I don’t believe that the United States should have any involvement with the Russia and Ukraine situation. This crisis has been around since the Ukraine’s post-Soviet independence. ( http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/) The crisis has been around for a while so there is no need for the U.S. to get involved when they have seemed to handle it for themselves for a while now.
It is the Presidents decision if we get involved with international affairs. But over half of the population of the United States thinks that we (the people) are not represented very well.( http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/) Getting involved could cause another war, but against the United States.
I agree with the main topic of the third article. (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/) I think that us Americans want to stay away from the Ukraine crisis. Even though people from other countries believe that Americans don’t keep up information on other countries, we do. We know whats going on and that’s why we don’t want to get involved.
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michael0521
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In this situation, I think we should just steer clear of getting involved the Ukraine. I guess I have to be one of those many Americans that do not want to get involved. As Gary Johnson says: “There’s no national security interest here at stake.” If we get involved with Ukraine, we will just make more enemies. The people of Crimea have already voted that they want closer ties with Russia anyway. “There is no appetite for significant military involvement in a region that few see as very important to U.S. interests.” I agree with this statement and so do many Americans. I think we should just keep doing what we are doing. Sanctions should be the worse possible thing we do. Russia, of course, will use Crimea as a trading and military tool. If and when they gain access to Crimea, they will have access to the Black Sea. We, the U.S., say that they violate International Law by sending troops in there. If we get involved, though, what good would come of it? The last thing we need is to go to war with Russia, or get involved in a civil war and spend even more money on useless wars that we do not benefit from….
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/
http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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robertadams97
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I think the United States should play a heavy role in this situation. The article states, “According to a new national survey by Rasmussen, 53 percent of likely US voters think that neither political party truly represents the American people.” One of the commenting people says that at the time, President Kennedy made several failed assassination attempts on Cubas leader Fidel Castro. If the United States doesn’t make an effort and address this problem then there might just be another civil war.http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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royjune
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The United States should play the role of a mediator in this conflict. It is vital for the United States to not get heavily involved because, it is important to avoid conflict, at all cost. I think sanctions are a good way to start, “Such sentiments fuel a desire for the United States to steer clear of the Ukraine situation. In a late March Pew Research survey, 52 percent of Americans said they did not want Washington to get too involved in the looming confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, a proportion roughly comparable to that which expressed the same sentiment in early March. Nevertheless, in the most recent Pew Research survey, the public does support increased U.S. economic and diplomatic sanctions by a 53 percent to 36 percent margin. This includes 58 percent of Democrats, 55 percent of Republicans and 69 percent of adherents to the Tea Party. In late March, only a quarter of the public wanted to consider economic and political options to address the Ukraine situation. This may suggest the public is warming to non-lethal responses to Russia’s actions.” These sanctions get the United States involved, without being too involved. In which case, I consider it to be the safest bet. (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/)
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dylpicklee
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The United Stated needs to play a bigger role in this event. “Americans are often accused of not paying attention to the world. But nearly half of Americans have now heard a lot about tensions between Russia and Ukraine.” Since we were accused before of not being ready, we should stand our ground and know our foundation in this situation as the U.S. Now that we are aware we should have a more bold idea on what is to come.
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dylanrileyaegw
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The verge of the war between Ukraine and Russia “stems from twenty years of weak governance, a lopsided economy dominated by oligarchs, heavy reliance on Russia, and a sharp difference between Ukraine’s linguistically, religiously, and ethically distinct eastern and western halves.” U.S. officials said the main goal is to make Ukraine a “stable democracy with firm economic and political connections to the European Union.” (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/) Respondents from an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (47%) say the U.S. should become less involved in politics because as of late, we have be involved in quite a number of foreign affairs such as involvement with Ukraine, Iraq debacle, troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, and trying to go into to Libya, then Syria. 2012 Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson believes that we should not be involved in Ukraine because there is no national security interest present. He says it would be like “Ukraine getting involved in the affairs of Puerto Rico.” (http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/) Normally, most Americans would not know very much about foreign affairs (unless they’re Noblitt), but about one in four people know about the complications between Russia and Kiev and according to a survey, 52% people don’t want government involvement in the Kiev. However, 58% of democrats, 55% of republicans, and 69% of adherents to the Tea Party do support economic and diplomatic sanctions. There also seems to be no public support for direct military involvement. (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/)
I believe that the U.S. should not be involved because one of two things could possibly happen. 1) It will be a repeat of the Vietnam war in terms of public support and the cause of entering. 2) We’d really piss off Russia and cause a 2nd Cold War that might actually involve unneeded warfare. Russia’s military is much more expansive than the Ukraine military and it would be a bad idea to be on Russia’s bad side. Also, we’re already involved in too many affairs to be focused on Kiev, in my opinion.
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hcbumgardner9
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In my opinion, I don’t think that America should get involved in things that aren’t of international importance. The Ukraine should be left alone to deal with their problems as long as they aren’t affecting America. You don’t hear about any other countries trying to help, so why should we become involved?
The issues in Ukraine should be left to the people of the Ukraine. Libertarian Gary Johnson gave his opinion on America’s foreign involvement with this statement “It would be like Russia getting involved in the affairs of Puerto Rico.”
It’s obvious that a majority of Americans do not support the involvement in Russia and Ukraine. A survey in late march revealed that 52% of Americans do not support foreign involvement.
I think that America should think more about how its people feel before becoming involved in situations that aren’t of any importance to the United States. I could understand foreign involvement if America were at risk or directly involved, but this is not the case for the Ukraine.
American shouldn’t have a ‘role’ in trying to solve the problems between Ukraine and Russia.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/
http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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seanmoss629
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I think the United States should stay in the middle of this conflict as a country to keep the peace instead of making it worse. It is important that the U.S. try not to get involved in this conflict because it might make it worse than it is.”In late March, only a quarter of the public wanted to consider economic and political options to address the Ukraine situation. This may suggest the public is warming to non-lethal responses to Russia’s actions”. This quote suggests that most people in America don’t know or don’t care about what their country is doing and involved in.
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erindmcmanus
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The United States should certainly take on a huge role in this crisis. Everyone should do whatever they can to avoid another Civil War among these countries. The United States should be willing to help those others in need. “Americans are often accused of not paying attention to the world.” (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/) If the United States doesn’t get involved, how will that make us look? Bad, it makes us seem like we are careless Americans and we don’t care about things that go on in other countries. “Meanwhile, there continues to be no public support for direct U.S. military intervention of any nature to defend Ukraine.” (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/) I kind of see both sides of why others may not want the United States to get involved as well. Getting involved in such conflict can cause the US problems as well by defending Ukraine. For now the sanctions against Russia for Ukraine are all that should be done for now. If further involvement is needed i think that we should provide it, without putting ourselves out there too much.
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destinysanders235
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I believe the United States should be the country to keep peace between everyone. They shouldn’t instigate anything to make the conflict any worse than what it already is. From the article it states ” According to a new national survey by Rasmussen, 53 percent of likely US voters think that neither political party truly represents the American people.”(http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/), meaning the United States feel as if they don’t relate to them. The US needs to be the peace-maker between the two. It was also stated that ” There is no appetite for significant military involvement in a region that few see as very important to U.S. interests.”( , meaning there is no need for the US to prose any conflict in this war but instead stay out of it and try to be mediators in the situation.
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destinysanders235
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slademoss
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The Ukraine is currently on the brink of civl war. Russian troops are getting more and more involved and the United States is issuing sterner sanctions and warnings. What should be the United States role in this conflict?
The role of the United States Government in the recent crisis going on in the Ukraine should follow the Monroe Doctrine or Roosevelt Corollary….Simply put, if it doesn’t directly affect the United States domestic security interest or that of our allies, it isn’t our job to intervene. If no other lesson has been clearer over the past 10+ years in Iraq and Afghanistan, its that we suck at nation building, frequently outstay our welcome, do not fully wargame the consequences of our actions in second, third, and fourth order affects, and typically go into “conflicts,” “peacekeeping missions,” or “police actions” half-cocked and without an exit strategy.
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson summed up this sentiment brilliantly when he stated that the constitution provides certain provisions for the federal government to take action on behalf of national defense. “There’s no national security interest here at stake…and the government has an obligation to protect us against foreign governments that might do us harm – this is not one of those situations.” (http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/)
Furthermore, Johnson goes on to compare Russia’s relation to Ukraine as being akin to America’s relation to Puerto Rico.(http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/) While slightly accurate in a geographic sense, even that is an incomplete comparison as even Puerto Rico and America both have something that Ukraine has never been able to achieve post-Cold War and Russia has barely held on to since its former USSR days; a common well-establsihed national identity. This also is what compounded the difficulty of counter-terrorism nation building in tribe-torn Afghanistan and religious cult-divided Iraq. In the case of Ukraine, “The country of forty-five million people has struggled with its identity since it gained independence with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Ukraine has failed to resolve its internal divisions and build strong political institutions, hampering its ability to implement economic reforms, overcome corruption, and lessen the sway of powerful oligarchs. In the decade following its independence, successive presidents allowed oligarchs to gain increasing control over the economy while repression against political opponents intensified.” (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/) Frankly, if we can’t fix the corruption and institute a constitutional republic in 2 other foreign countries we had no business intervening in (with no world superpower who’s interest is at stake) without messing it up with over 4400 lives lost, $16 Trillion in debt, and an entire generation (10 years) of veterans forever impacted and changed, what makes us think we are goin to be so much better prepared to do it again? Only this time, we’re starting out with the $16 Trillion debt, a country that is war-fatigued, and are interfering in international business we have no duty or authorization to execute, with the country in question is considered arguably the old forgotten property of a world superpower with dubious moral compass and restraint with regards to nuclear weapons. Moreover, we think that the way to demonstrate “peace through strength” is by stern warnings and sanctions by a man who started his Presidency with a world apology tour. Pardon the rest of our allies as they cover their face and shake their heads and the rest of the world as they laugh at what we have become.
To mess with Ukraine, no matter the intention, is a mistake.
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rawhitely
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I think United States should stay at peace because once you start fire with fire a bigger comes.It says that “53 percent think that neither of them represent American people and 46 percent questions that neither represent Americans. To me this is saying that they barely care.http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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bethebestlikeben
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I think they play a good role. 53% of the voters think that neither political party truly represents the American people. America is always messing around with other countries business but we need to do something this time. We don’t want a civil war to happen.
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bethebestlikeben
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US involvement in Ukraine is like ‘Russia getting involved in Puerto Rico’ — RT USA
http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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ryanhunterwilson
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“But there is a degree of partisanship, not over what to do about Ukraine, but about Obama’s handling of the issue, which suggests the rancor has more to do with the ongoing struggle between Republicans and the White House than with the confrontation with Russia.”
Gary Johnson “We should be looking at trade with other countries first and foremost…You don’t go to war against trading partners. But yet we’re always talking about sanctions, and sanctions just don’t work.” “We shouldn’t be involved in Ukraine! There’s no national security interest here at stake.”
http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
“But the United States and EU countries such as Germany and Britain disagree on whether to level tough sanctions on Russia.”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/
This situation is definitely a difficult one, and it is so hard to see what America should choose to do here. We may be placing sanctions and cutting off Visas for Russians, but if we keep placing anymore sanctions…there can be some trouble. I agree and disagree with Gary Johnson. Johnson says that “sanctions just do not work”, but they do…just not in this situation. In this situation, we see a problem with an ally (Russia). Russia was one of our worst enemies a little over 25 years ago, but now they are an ally; although, just because they are an ally does not mean they can still be a threat. If we place sanctions upon Russia and their crazy President Putin…we might just have a war on our hands with them. We also have a European Affairs Policy…which placed us to no longer be involved in European affairs…but must we sit back and watch many Ukrainians be killed? Should we watch a country that we have helped become free and strong…run back to the ashes and be brought back to a simple state in Russia…living under the government of Communism? That is what Russia seems to be heading back towards. I honestly do not know what would be best for us as a country to do with military involvement in these two countries. If we use military or hard sanctions, we are in trouble. If we do not use either of these, we are sitting back and letting many people be killed, and are letting a free country fall apart that we have helped so much to build up. It seems that Obama himself is even confused on what to do with this situation. He faces many polls saying that pretty much 2/3rds of “the people” do not want military involvement, and as the President he must represent the people, and do what is best for the country.
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fransiscovera
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I believe that United States should NOT interfere with Ukraine which is currently on the brink of civil war. The reason why I say so is that one should tell another what to do since when we were little kids we rebel against authority from our parents since its human nature to not submit at any cost. “In a late March Pew Research survey, 52 percent of Americans said they did not want Washington to get too involved in the looming confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, a proportion roughly comparable to that which expressed the same sentiment in early March.” http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/ And most of our people don’t believe that we should interfere with another nation affairs since it’s a time period in which the nation itself is still being modify. “And when you look at Ukraine right now, I think that would be analogous to Russia getting involved in Puerto Rico. They’re not going to do it. We shouldn’t get involved in Ukraine. There are unintended consequences as a result of our military interventions. I’m going to suggest that we have hundreds of millions of enemies to this country because of our military interventions.” http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/ Taking from this quote from the interview of presidential candidate Gary Johnson, the analogy is a great reference on why we shouldn’t interfere with Ukraine and why this action might just be a repeated mistake that will only get us more enemies than allies. “By 2010, Ukraine’s fifty richest people controlled nearly half of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), writes Andrew Wilson in the CFR book Pathways to Freedom.” http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/ Due to Ukraine’s economy, social, and politic power being controlled by only a few rich people, this gives a great reason that not only should U.S.A not interfere but also Russia since Ukraine has to settle this major conflict within themselves since if one helps it would only give the people the idea that whenever they’re in trouble someone will always help.
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killaklen
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I don’t believe we should get involved, unless things get too seriouse. I understand theres a lot of tension right now for ukraine and Russia, but I think we shouldn’t come between them unless we absolutely have to Russia isn’t exactly to fond of America. http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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byron grisson
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I Think The untied states Should stay at peace and Serve as an example to other countries around the world to not get involed in affairs that are not worth getting into America is one of the if not the strongest country on the face of this planet and for a country of this stature to compromise their status to get involved with minor affairs is Heinous for example : Meanwhile, there continues to be no public support for direct U.S. military intervention of any nature to defend Ukraine. In the latter part of March, only 6 percent of Americans wanted to consider military options, such as U.S. military boots on the ground. In the latest Pew Research survey, just under a third support sending arms and military supplies to the Kiev government, a course of action strongly advocated by McCain and other leading GOP officials. This includes just 45 percent of Tea Party sympathizers, 37 percent of Republicans and about a quarter of Democrats.
There is nothing new about Americans’ reluctance to come to Ukraine’s defense militarily
this statement alone represents why I think as a country we should just play our role and be a symbol of peace and not jump into military combat that doesn’t favor us in the long run
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neaishasomone
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The U.S. should stay should stay out of the situation because they could cause more problems than what it is. Like one of the people say “47 percent of them say the US should become less active in world affairs “. http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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kourtneybrown
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Contrary to popular belief, I don’t think that the United States should get too involved in the situation. Americans do not care for, or relate to what happens oversees.”There is no appetite for significant military involvement in a region that few see as very important to U.S. interests.” (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/) My whole argument is, how can we act as peace makers when we have no peace ourselves? We can never agree. “Congress is ready to dot the i’s and cross the t’s on how to do that and, lo and behold, 80 percent of Americans don’t want to do that.” (http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/) In my opinion, Russia and Ukraine have too much to offer each other to actually go through with this war. ” Ukraine also plays an important role in Russia’s energy trade; its pipelines provide transit to 80 percent of the natural gas Russia sends to European markets, and Ukraine itself is a major market for Russian gas. Militarily, Ukraine is also important to Russia as a buffer state, and it is home to Russia’s Black Sea fleet” (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/)
To be honest I was only trying to provide a different view of this argument (which proved to be harder than it sounds) and I basically ended up on the same track of everyone else (lucky me) but, take this as you will.
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Kie'Ja Phillips
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When I read one of the articles it stated that “a majority of Americans say that neither party represents them.” (http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/)This shows that since the American people feel as of they are being misrepresented they will not care for the issues of America. It’s also known that “Americans are often accused of not paying attention to the world.”(http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/) but many American have been informed about this issue and already know of the issue even if they don’t know all the details. By Americans knowing of the situation t shows that although Americans are misrepresented, they still care about something other than themselves. I agree with most of the others, America should be the peace makers instead of adding more fuel to the fire because all it will result in is worse things such as a world war.
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CARTER
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I do not think we should get involved, primarily because we should look out for ourselves right now. We try to be this big international symbol of peace, but what is so peaceful about throwing guns in the faces of foreign civilians and telling them to chill? I would have to agree with the supposed “47 percent of them” that say “the US should become less active in world affairs.” Also, you must think about it like this: Do you honestly think we would have appreciated some country swooping in and telling us to stop while we were engaged in a civil war?
I think the answer would be a unanimous no.
Seperatism could seem pretty alarming, but honestly I think we should let them do what they think they need to do. Let them sort it out, don’t try to be the bigger brother; leave that to Russia. c;
http://RT.COM/USA/156048-GARY-JOHNSON-US-POLITICS-TODAY/
http://WWW.PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR/UPDATES/BACKGROUND-BRIEFING-UKRAINE-CRISIS/
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isabelchaparro
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I think that if The United States got between the conflict things would get worse. Simply because the USA likes to take full control of everything around them the plan to help wouldn’t really matter after wards. We have to admit that we wouldn’t consider this war unless we are getting something out of it. Even if the people think they should or not go into war the Government well not care unless they are getting beneficial from something. The people or “voters” don’t want the USA to get involved, but the government thinks they should get involved because if they don’t they feel like they will be losing something necessary. “Meanwhile, there continues to be no public support for direct U.S. military intervention of any nature to defend Ukraine” “Well, I’m going to argue that there is no national security interest here at risk, and the government has an obligation to protect us against foreign governments that might do us harm”http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/
– this is not one of those situations., plus im pretty sure Russia isn’t to fond of America trying to help the cause.”Look, don’t get involved in Ukraine! It would be like Russia getting involved in the affairs of Puerto Rico.” http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/
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chrisbonilla0430
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The best thing for the United States would be to stay out of the Ukraine and Russia situation. “U.S. officials have repeatedly expressed their desire to see Ukraine become a stable democracy with firm economic and political connections to the European Union” (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/background-briefing-ukraine-crisis/) By the looks of it, the U.S. has tried to work with Ukraine in the past without any luck. There is no benefit for the United States of America if we were to get involved. Politician Gary Johnson also seems to agree. When RT’s Lindsay France asks Johnson what the U.S. should do, he responds with “It would be like Russia getting involved in the affairs of Puerto Rico. They’re not going to do it! We shouldn’t be involved in Ukraine! There’s no national security interest here at stake” (http://rt.com/usa/156048-gary-johnson-us-politics-today/) He says that the U.S. should not get into the Ukraine-Russia situation because it isn’t the U.S.’s place to make decisions. “…there continues to be no public support for direct U.S. military intervention of any nature to defend Ukraine” (http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/02/americans-want-to-steer-clear-of-ukraine-crisis/) CNN’s Bruce Stokes says that not many Americans want U.S. military involvement in the Ukraine crisis. If the U.S. were to get involved, we should use diplomatic tactics so that the situation can lessen. Russia is a very powerful country and getting on their bad side could possibly lead to a World War III.