Quote Originally Posted by Beelzebubalicious View Post
This report from the Eurasia Daily Monitor of the Jamestown Foundation was pretty interesting. It's titled:

Gazprom’s Destabilization Plan for Ukraine and Southeast Europe

The USG is putting more attention and resources into the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, but I don't know how they can counter the Russians. In the story is a link to another story about riots in Bulgaria. Ukraine may well be next...
Maybe we should leave it to the Europeans to counter the Russians, since they are so critical of our foreign policy. We should at least counter them in the Western Hemisphere first. And on that topic, we have other things to worry about closer to home.

On the other hand, a closer relationship with Turkey could be an asset.