Our Leaders Got It Wrong

From the very first our western leaders got the Ukrainian issue completely wrong. Obama and Harper,our western leaders saw political gain from jumping on the bandwagon ,speaking in harsh tones and making threats that everyone knew would not be followed up. Our diplomatic value is considered so low that Russia simply ignored the noise and worked his plan.
The reason Russia's plan worked was that he took a lesson from the USA when it jumped into similar situations  and used the might of it's military to correct a situation. Remember America and it's allies did similar things in the name of national interest. Russia saw the breakup of the  Ukraine in a similar manner.They saw a small part of the Ukraine needing help to protect the dominant Russian speaking people  The vote was fast and precise and the result was expected to make their claim concrete.

Had the western world wished to make it's presence known it should have done it in the first forty eight hours.Once the Russians occupied the area it would have taken a military action to get them out. The western world has not got the teeth for such an action. Look at European Nations and in particular Germany and France. They sat on their hands and waited satisfied that the small part of the Ukraine lost was no big deal to go to war over.What did they do when Georgia had a similar situation?

Now our western leaders look weak and as with Iran they will band together and make restrictions and provoke a new cold war. Russia can withstand a cold war but are we able to to carry out our threats when Europe needs Russian oil and can Europe cough up twenty five billion to help the Ukraine stabilize it's economy? The answer is no as Europe has problems of it's own. From the first I wrote that this is all about the money.Political posturing for the Ukraine vote is a sad commentary when diplomacy of value would have done the trick.

Our prime minister is going to the Ukraine for political reasons. It reminds me of the doctor who lost a patient but feels guilty so attends the funeral.