{"id":5056,"date":"2014-03-20T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T12:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=5056"},"modified":"2014-03-20T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T12:09:01","slug":"realism-rules-in-taking-military-strike-off-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=5056","title":{"rendered":"Realism rules in taking military strike off table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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World leaders usually say they are leaving “all options on the table” when dealing with crises.<\/p>\n

President Obama, though, has taken another — quite reasonable — approach in trying to find a solution to the crisis in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

He has ruled out a “military excursion” pitting U.S. armed forces against Russians.<\/p>\n

Good call, Mr. President.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/ukraine-crisis\/obama-rules-out-military-excursion-ukraine-n57081<\/p>\n

The United States does not need another war. It certainly does not need a shooting war with Russia, which — in case anyone needs reminding — is the second-greatest nuclear power on the planet; the United States is No. 1, but the Russians still have the ability to inflict cataclysmic damage.<\/p>\n

Thus, the United States will not entertain the idea of engaging Russia on the battlefield.<\/p>\n

Critics no doubt will say something about a “timid” U.S. response that “emboldens” Russian President Vladimir Putin. Let them grumble.<\/p>\n

The very idea of a U.S.-Russia battlefield confrontation is too chilling to even ponder, let alone discuss out loud.<\/p>\n\n

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World leaders usually say they are leaving “all options on the table” when dealing with crises. President Obama, though, has taken another — quite reasonable — approach in trying to find a solution to the crisis in Ukraine. He has ruled out a “military excursion” pitting U.S. armed forces against Russians. Good call, Mr. President. … Continue reading Realism rules in taking military strike off table<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[540,4992,4998,5125],"class_list":["post-5056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-barack-obama","tag-u-s-russia-rivalry","tag-ukraine","tag-vladimir-putin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}