Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Melik Kaylan: Obama and Merkel are clueless about Putin – yet it’s so simple
US President Barack Obama an German Chancellor Angela Merkel leave following a joint press conference in East Room on the White House in Washington, DC, Feb. 9, 2015.
Apparently a strategic consensus now emerges that Ukraine cannot win the struggle against Moscow, not even on its own territory. The Russkies cannot be beat. Therefore Ukraine should receive no arms. That's the logic. Obama, prodded by Merkel, largely agrees though makes noises about keeping 'all options' open. Theirs is a well-mooted position.
