[quote=Captain Jordan]
On the other side of the argument, can America afford to stand by and do nothing while Russia carves into Ukraine, which is an ally of the West and a potential EU state? Should America fail to uphold its part of the treaties it signed to defend Ukraine's territorial integrity?
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But Crimea is not Ukrainian territory, it never was(it was in fact relocated there back in the 1960's). They made their intentions clear too.