Charles Krauthammer writes today a prescription for the West in dealing with Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/national/2014/03/14/charles-krauthammer-how-to-squeeze-putin/6416091/The good doc says kick Russia out of the G8. Good medicine. All good medicine except:
"Declare that any further Russian military incursion beyond Crimea will lead to a rapid and favorable response from NATO to any request from Kiev for weapons. These would be accompanied by significant numbers of NATO trainers and advisers.
This is no land-war strategy. This is the “tripwire” strategy successful for half a century in Germany and Korea. Any Russian push into western Ukraine would then engage a thin tripwire of NATO trainer/advisers."
http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/national/2014/03/14/charles-krauthammer-how-to-squeeze-putin/6416091/The good doc says kick Russia out of the G8. Good medicine. All good medicine except:
"Declare that any further Russian military incursion beyond Crimea will lead to a rapid and favorable response from NATO to any request from Kiev for weapons. These would be accompanied by significant numbers of NATO trainers and advisers.
This is no land-war strategy. This is the “tripwire” strategy successful for half a century in Germany and Korea. Any Russian push into western Ukraine would then engage a thin tripwire of NATO trainer/advisers."
No. No military. No NATO. Ukraine is not a member of NATO. Leave the military and NATO out of this. The tripwire was also the strategy employed in Vietnam.
