CCI Friends,
Pat Buchanan poses a question below that we hope Donald Trump and his advisors will take seriously.
Crimea was taken back into Russia with a citizen-demand of 93% of her voters… thus making the Sea of Azov a Russian lake. With vast technology supporting the whole process, above and below the bridge, it makes sense that it is no longer a free-for-all waterway! Ukrainians knew this, their NATO advisors knew this …
Buchanan asks the right question, “Why is it any of our business?” What is your answer? I will get your answers to a few Congress members who likely will agree with Buchanan. We need to be buttressing sane members of Congress with our citizen comments.
A wonderful December day to you!
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives
The American Conservative
November 30, 2018
Why is Ukraine’s Kerch Crisis Any of Our Business?
Upon his departure for the G-20 gathering in Buenos Aires, President Donald Trump canceled his planned weekend meeting with Vladimir Putin, citing as his reason the Russian military’s seizure and holding of three Ukrainian ships and 24 sailors.
But was Putin really the provocateur in Sunday’s naval clash outside Kerch Strait, the Black Sea gateway to the Sea of Azov?
Or was the provocateur Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko?
First, a bit of history.