U.S Involvement in
Ukraine: Good or Bad?
Since President
Barack Obama recently announced that the United States will do whatever they
can to help Ukraine and its fight against Russia, there has been much debate
about this subject. Back in December, Obama gave a televised speech announcing
the stance that the United States will take on the Ukrainian Revolution. He
essentially stated that the United States will not tolerate Russia “bullying”
Ukraine. Obama said that no matter what, the United States would back Ukraine
and do whatever they could to show Russia their corrupt actions will not be
tolerated. President Obama even went as far as to say that “the United States
has brokered a deal to help transition power in Ukraine.” Due to the fact that
President Obama announced his support for Ukraine people within the United
States have been debating if this would help create peace or would it actually
make things worse?
To date, President
Obama has helped lower oil and gas prices which in turn have significantly hindered
Russia and their economy. While things seemed to mildly die down for a little,
they have recently sparked back up. Now the newest question is should the
United States arm the Ukranian people? There has been much debate on if this is
a good idea or not. Some feel as though arming the people of Ukraine would be a
good idea. They feel as though if they arm them it could get them a fair chance
to defend themselves against Russia and their government. However, the other
side of this argument is that it would be unnecessary and it would create
violence for no reason at all.
Just this past
Saturday, the Kiev army accused Russia of sending in tanks and more men towards
a small town in Ukraine. This has generated much fear because it could very
well be the next battleground. Although Russia did not deny nor confirm this,
they have denied that they even have forces fighting there. John Kerry
commented on the situation stating, “We know to a certainty what
Russia has been providing and no amount of propaganda is capable of hiding
these actions. For anyone wanting to make gray areas out of black, let's get
very real, the Minsk agreement is not open to interpretation, it is not vague,
it is not optional.”
There
have been many talks of forcing a cease-fire but if Russia continues to ignore
than there could be an attack. Kerry also stated, “If this failure continues, make no
mistake, there will be further consequences, including consequences that will
put added strains on Russia's already troubled economy. We are not going to sit
back and allow this kind of cynical, craven behavior to continue at the
expensive of the sovereignty of another nation." While people in Ukraine
are preparing for the worst and a possible attack they know they have the
United States behind them. Along with the support of the United States, much of
Europe is also in talks on how to avoid an attack on Ukraine. There are a ton
of meetings and time is continuing to tick away. A March 31st
deadline for Russia to cease fire needs to be met or else this could erupt into
something much larger and affect more countries other than just Ukraine and
Russia.
file:///Users/kuschykk/Desktop/US-Ukraine.jpg
here is a link to a photo which shows Ukranian People supporting The United States and their involvement to help shift power!
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