Violent Vladimir and Rowdy Russia

Vladimir Putin has continued full steam ahead on what seems to be his war path. I know that this topic seems to be a recurring theme among my posts but I find this to be extremely important, especially with a highly involved military family meaning that a war of this scale could effect my whole life. Another issue with this event is the possibility of a draft being initiated if Congress eventually decides Russia's actions require the United States to go to war in defense of the globe. I know the history of pre-World War II, and the events developing in Eastern Europe resemble the German rise to power in a shocking way.

Here is a little background, Germany elected Hitler and the Nazi party (initially a political faction) to lead their nation. Russia elected Putin and his party to rule Russia, but Putin has vastly expanded the power of the Russian government much like Hitler had. After being elected Hitler won over the complete and total trust of nearly every German citizen, and everyone was convinced he was the man to bring German pride back from the dead. Putin is the same figure in Russia today, maybe even more so godlike creating a deadly mix history has seen before. With the faith and support of a whole nation behind him Hitler started his mission, defying international laws and nearly doubling the size of Germany before any true conflict had broken out, and by that time it was too late for Europe to react to the Blitzkrieg Hitler had set the stage for, especially with America's weakened economy due to the Great Depression. That was 70 years ago, think about how far the technology has come, and how much more developed war is. Now apply the same level of national pride, a leader with an ambition to return Russia to its former glory, an irresponsible international system, an America nearly as weak as in the 30’s with a failing sense of national pride, and the technology to travel across an entire country in hours rather than weeks. What does that make for? Well you do the math.

Recently the United States has been creating economic sanctions on Russia as our only response to Russian aggression in the Ukraine other than threats. But today Barrack Obama signed an executive order, a power reserved only for the President that is to be used in times of extreme distress as a way to almost order Congress on how to respond to certain events. Congress itself still hasn't made any suggestions of declaring war yet, and although Obama is capable of deploying troops for 60 days under the War Powers Act, he would need Congress to sign such a declaration for troops to remain on sight any longer. These events that continue to develop in Eastern Europe create fear every time Americans turn on the news. The worst event that some experts have begun to predict is Russian interests possibly returning to Cuba. A possibility that can occur if tensions between the UN Security Council continue to escalate.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html?hpt=hp_t2