In the American Civil War, you did not have neighbors attacking neighbors. This is not the case in the Ukraine. The situation is such that such scenarios are probable. Such was the case when the czar abdicated. People that thought their neighbors were on the other side of the fence [Either the Reds [communistic] or the Whites [for the Czar] would murder.. And some cities would welcome a return of the old USSR. [as many people told me ].And other cities would not. The dividing lines are not set.
So I think that the USA ought to not intervene.
Why get into a shooting war? There already were plenty of close calls with the old Cold War. And it is a miracle that did not end in disaster..
The problem is that people do not understand the Ukraine. It is not the East that is divided. It is every single neighbor that has heard a word for the last 30 years about the "good old days of the USSR" is now going to try and destroy that neighbor. It is a civil war like nothing the West can imagine. Plus there is some strand of DNA in the Ukraine that tends to criminality. So to have USA troops over there is unwise.
