2014 can be summed up pretty simply when it comes to foreign policy, and it can be stated like this, "Welcome to the 60's". This whole event involving Russia is an all to real reenactment of the Cold War, but with potentially higher stakes. Earlier this week US troops were finally deployed to the region, which is a step further than what had been occurring during the Cold War. These troops will be assigned to aid NATO nations along the border of both Russia and Ukraine. Oddly enough the US didn't deploy any troops to the Ukraine, which may be a concession by the US realizing that it is tactically impossible to deal with the militants in Ukraine without taking control of the country like we had with Iraq and Afghanistan.
Our government can be classified as hypersensitive to foreign affairs, which can be understood because we were the original nation of freedom fighters. We find it our business to involve ourselves with the affairs of the world and at times it has perks such as the relationships built during the World Wars. However other times can harm us much like Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq had internationally due to our willingness to involve ourselves in just about anything. This is classic America and at times it wins the love of the people, but most times it creates resentment and leads to problems within the nation.
I believe that although it is a good step in a direction the United States needs to take with Russia, it hasn't been enough. Our willingness to leave Ukraine to hangout and dry due to Russian control of the Eastern portion shows that we don't want a fight, and the we really aren't to willing to fight for them. It does show our willingness to fight if Russia doesn't stop however due to the troop deployment into other nations of NATO. Overall war seems to be looming based on trends in American efforts to control foreign policy.
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/04/23/tsr-dnt-sciutto-ukraine-crisis-latest.cnn.html
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