Confronting Our limitations

PRESIDENT OBAMA is being accused of being weak and indecisive with regard to the unfolding drama in the UKRAINE. The dirty little secret is that he has no choice. The United States of America is capable of doing nothing that is anything other than weak, whether decisive or not. An atomic bomb, perhaps? They are useless, because they are unusable. Aircraft carriers with flight decks replete with fighter planes? A beach head invasion of the Crimea? We are free to speculate, and to listen to our words and threats vanish in the winter wind. Obama's domestic political opponents suggest that he should kick Russia out of the G20. But isn't the next G20 meeting scheduled to be held in Russia? They could have their meeting, and kick the other nineteen members out. The Unites States of America is confronting its own limitations, the limits of power, and this is a painful process, for us as individuals, and for us as nations. Precisely how, and with what, do you intend to enforce your demands, you who have chosen to join the ranks of blustering bullies?