CRIMEA JOINS RUSSIA & ARIZONA VOTES TO JOIN MEXICO

 

Well, they haven't. Not yet anyway. But imagine that the number of Americans with Mexican heritage in the state of Arizona becomes the majority. Not too difficult, is it? Then let's say that those individuals felt they were being persecuted in Arizona. Many Mexicans feel that Arizona (along with a huge swath of the American Southwest) was stolen from Mexico anyway. They believe that region rightfully belongs to Mexico. In fact,  Mexicans have a word for this. It's called "La Reconquista". And their future plans are well explained. 

The Mexican Organization NWO, National Will Organization states; "We reject the occupation of our nation in its northern territories, an important cause of poverty and emigration. We demand that our claim to all the territories occupied by force by the United States be recognized in our Constitution, and we will bravely defend, according to the principle of self-determination to all peoples, the right of the Mexican people to live in the whole of our territory within its historical borders, as they existed and were recognized at the moment of our independence." And this isn't some fringe group. Oh no. They are quite passionate and in great numbers.

Now imagine that the heavily Mexican populated state of Arizona held a referendum seeking to join Mexico. It might very well pass even though it would be illegitimate. The United States can not be dissected by the will of any group or groups of people. But let's say it does and Mexican troops cross the border to protect it's Spanish heritage people and the annex the state into Mexico? What should and would the United States do? Well that's pretty much what just happened in Crimea. And with Putin's shocktroops massing on Ukraine's eastern border, more Russian Reconquista may occur. So when you hear about Putin restoring a region into it's rightful Russian realm, he's using the same script that the Reconquista's are employing. It's an invasion of sovereign territory. Votes mean nothing. Without firm U.S. resolve, Putin's dream may well become a reality. Then again, so may the Mexican Reconquista's.

Beware. History always repeats itself.

Weakness breeds adventurism. This is nothing new. But apparently a lesson that Barack Obama and his misguided children needs to learn...again. The parallels between Putin's adventurism today and Hitler's adventurism in the 1930's is mesmerizing. For those of you who slept through your history class in Jr. High, Hitler didn't devour Europe in one bite. Oh no, he took small nibbles. By claiming to come to the rescue of persecuted Germans living outside the motherland, (sound familiar?) he swept into Austria, occupied the Sudetenland, followed by Czechoslovakia before invading Poland in 1939. His original premise was to regain land that was lost at the end of WW I, which he felt should still be part of the empire. And he wanted to re-establish the borders of that empire. (Again, sound familiar?) At home, he played up National pride to a fever pitch - claiming that the "reunion" of these lands was not only just but a national right. (Are you getting this?) While he amassed a large army on the new expanded border, the World stood by doing nothing except lodging protests and proposing sanctions. (Now you getting it?) When it was obvious that the World would sit back and do nothing of any significance, he marched toward the English Channel and took France. In the year that would follow, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and the Netherlands would surrendered.

Fast forward to 2014.
Putin employs the exact (not similar but exact) same premise to acquire Crimea. His troops are on the eastern border of Ukraine, positioned to invade and "reclaim" land he believes rightfully belongs to Russia. He boasts Russian national pride on Russian TV and incites the people into believing he is restoring their lost empire. (Adolph did this on radio in the 1930's) Clearly, Putin is intent on re-establishing the Soviet empire circa 1989. And while he makes the moves necessary for his dream to become a reality, the west obliges him with pathetic sanctions. Crimea is now Russia's. It's a done deal. What remains to be seen is whether he will stop there (unlikely) or proceed into Ukraine. (My money is on the latter) At risk are also the Baltic countries. Perhaps he'd even be bold enough to pressure Poland.
What's done is done. But it was unnecessary. Led by a community organizer who believed he can change his adversaries minds with his shear personal magnitude - the United States was caught flatfooted. So naive was Obama, that he gave up defensive missiles in eastern Europe without getting anything in return from the Ruskis. Correctly, they saw this as a sign of weakness and inexperience.

Had Hitler been stopped early in his mad crusade, WWII may have been avoided, or at least the WWII we knew. But there were appeasers and those who found it easier to sacrifice everything for the illusion of peace. The Russian military though formidable, is no match for an alliance that America could amass. And I have to assume the Russian hierarchy knows this. I'm not suggesting that the United States should go to war over Crimea or even the potential annexing of eastern Ukraine. But the threat of using our power must be there. Much less provocative actions can be taken including training and arming potential Russian targets and re-introducing defensive missiles. To stand by and do nothing invites more adventurism. And if history teaches us anything, it's that evil prospers when good men do nothing.  As good men, what will we do? And with a President intent on "managing" such situations rather than dominating - we are likely to see the expansion of the New Soviet Empire.