Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Paul Roderick Gregory: West has Putin in a box
A cross stands at a makeshift memorial at the site of an attack on a commuter bus near the eastern Ukrainian city of Volnovakha on January 14, 2015. Twelve Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on January 13 when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus in the separatist east. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER GAYUK
The Western world has yet to figure out what to do with Vladimir Putin.
He has taken parts of Georgia, Moldova, and most notably, Ukraine, by force. He ignores treaties and diplomatic conventions. Angela Merkel of Germany claims he lives in an alternate universe in which white is black and blue is green. How should Europe and the United States respond to Putin’s aggression? That is the question.
