"Hagel Warns Russia Not to Intervene in Ukraine"

[rjmacs]

Steve G. wrote:
One of the big problems is that Russia already has a BIG military presence in Crimea as part of their Black Sea fleet.

We've got a BIG military presence in South Korea, Germany, and Japan, but we don't tell them how to run their countries... (well, we sort of do, but not through military threat.)

Now, President Obama has reiterated this tone: "There will be costs" if Russia intervenes. Escalation!