Ukraine: military (Aug '14 to mid-June '15) closed

[AmericanPride]

Do you honestly think he will negotiate his way out? He has been offered a number of times from the West an exit ramp--did he take those offers?

Yes - putting a gun to Putin's head and demanding a humiliating withdrawal will not compel Russia to change its course. The U.S. does not have that kind of leverage over Moscow short of direct confrontation and serious escalation (and expansion) of the U.S.-Russia conflict. When has this ever worked for the U.S. with Russia?

That is the "moral" power that JMA writes about.

It is the likes of your generation AP, who have squandered the legacy and sacrifice of your Greatest Generation and taken the US not to the next level of greatness but rather an unprecedented level of arrogance.

AP---happy to see that you agreed that Russia is a second rate "developing" power and has nothing to offer the world---at least you finally agreed on something.

but you definitely got the negotiation thing wrong did you not?

Last I checked, the conflict is still on-going, and seeing how negotiations are a component of conflict termination, your rhetorical question makes no sense.