UKRAINE TO RUSSIA: SCREW YOU

Welcome to Part II of the Cold War. Gen X and Gen Y kidz can now experience for themselves the tensions and fears of what Boomers and the Greatest Generation went through for decades: Nations begging the United States for help in defending their freedom against the Russians. (Yes, the U.S., the country that Liberals love to portray as being hated by everyone in the world, is the country that nations in trouble still turn to for hope and help.) Take this for example: After the recent Rape of Georgia by Vladimir Putin's stormtroopers, the nations of Eastern Europe are nervous that they will be next. Ukraine, in a major move both diplomatically and militarily, has taken a precautionary move by offering the use of a Soviet-built air base to the United States, and by upping their defensive weapons purchasing from us. Ukraine said it was ready to give both Europe and America access to its missile warning systems after Russia earlier annulled a 1992 cooperation agreement involving two satellite tracking stations. Previously, the stations were part of Russia's early-warning system for missiles coming from Europe. [Source: Telegraph UK] Remember that countries such as Poland, Romania, Latvia, and Georgia were once captive nations, part of the old Soviet Union (USSR) not by choice but by the force of Russian might. The Russian army continues to rape and pillage inside of Georgian territory, despite the recent Neville Chamberlain-style "cease fire" brokered by French President Sarkozy, Ukraine looks to the United States for defensive weapons and reassurance. (The BBC, an admittedly Leftist "news" organization with old pro-Soviet leanings, lavished praise on Sarkozy's efforts even as they were failing - and even as the BBC knew they were failing.) The difference between the Sarkozy ceasefire and the Chamberlain deal with Hitler is that, at least, Chamberlain negotiated with Hitler in a vain attempt to prevent an invasion. Sarkozy got involved after Russia was already well behind Georgian lines. We've seen this kind of invasion before: Russia's August 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia; Germany's invasion of the Sudetenland (part of the former Czechoslovakia) in October, 1938. Perhaps we have learned from it, perhaps not. Sarkozy, heart in the right place, seems not to have gotten the lesson. Barack Obama immediately urged both Russia and Georgia to "show restraint," a la Chamberlain, in a way that only a self-centered man with no understanding of current world politics or 20th Century history could. Georgia did not attack Russia in 2008. Czechoslovakia did not attack Russia in 1968, nor Germany in 1938. Those invasions were completely unprovoked attacks, invasions motivated solely by territorial gain for strategic purposes. Rory Leishman writes today in the London Free Press (Canada) that we must not forget history: Today, unlike 70 years ago, the leaders of most of the Western democracies seem resolved not to be weighed in the balance and found wanting in their determination to resist the aggression of a dictatorial thug. FULL COLUMN... Make no mistake: The old USSR/Soviet Union is trying to resurrect itself in Europe. That scares the hell out of Europeans, and rightly so. It should scare the rest of the world, too. RELATED: Bad New Bear Why Is Moscow Risking a New Cold War? Russia calls for new security order in Europe ”USA lagging behind in race for the Arctic“ Treating War as Political Farce Georgian powder keg evokes plight of Czechoslovakia October 15, 1938 - Germans Troops Occupy Sudetenland