The Weak Presidency and Russian Aggression

According to Vladimir Putin, the invasion of the Crimean Peninsula is all about protecting the lives of Russian citizens in that area. Will Obama swallow that? Probably, because his Democrat liberal apologists and their cörrüpt media allies desperately need a rationale for his püsillanimous acquiescence to the Russian invasion of the Peninsula.

Reality: Most all wars are about economics. To the chagrin of the mainstream media, even Sarah Palin predicted the takeover as early as 2008. Maybe she was not as naïve about international affairs as they projected her to be. 

The Kerch Strait has been a source of conflict between the Ukraine and Russia since the end of the USSR:

“There was a territorial dispute over the ownership of the island between Ukraine and Russia in October 2003. The Russian authorities were claiming it as a spit that is part of the continental Russia and only the continental Crimea peninsula was transferred to Ukraine in 1954.[citation needed]

“The Russian side started to build a dam from the Taman peninsula towards the island to revive the eroded peninsula without any preliminary consultations with the Ukrainian government authorities. After the construction of the dam was suspended at the exact point of Russian-Ukrainian border the distance between the dam and the island now equals some 102 m (335 ft). The construction of the dam led to the increase the intensity of stream in the strait and deterioration of the island. To prevent the deterioration the government of Ukraine funded ground works to deepen the bed of the strait. The reason for those ground works was to stop the Russian ships paying a toll to Ukraine for crossing the strait of Kerch which is considered as territorial waters of Ukraine. Ukraine refuses to recognize the strait as inner watersof both countries.

“On October 21, 2003 the Border Service of Ukraine arrested the Russian tugboat "Truzhenik" that crossed the State Border of Ukraine and conducted photo and videosurveillance of the island. After the incident a respective protocol was created and the ship was handed over to the Russian border authorities. On October 23, 2003 the Supreme Council of Ukraine issued a resolution "To eliminate a threat to the territorial integrity of Ukraine that appeared as a result of dam construction by the Russian Federation in the strait of Kerch". A provisional special parliamentary commission was created to investigate the case more thoroughly.
“On October 30–31, 2003 talks started between Ukraine and Russia which led to suspension of the construction of dam that physically reached the line of Russian-Ukrainian border. Due to the conflict, on December 2, 2003 a border patrol station of Ukraine was installed on the island. On December 5, 2003 the Cabinet of Ukraine issued the order #735p in regards to urgent measures to safe the island. On July 4, 2004 the Cabinet of Ukraine released the order #429p that foresaw the construction of shore reinforcement structures and population transfer from the flooding territories.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuzla_Island (Scroll to the “ the 20003 Conflict”)