Obama's Test

The news indicates that the president of the Ukraine has fled the capital.  The Speaker of the Parliament also resigned and a major opposition leader who has been in prison for two years is now being released.  It seems that the "agreement" signed to resolve the crisis has now melted away along with the power of the president.  The murder of protesters by the forces of the president did not work.  Instead, the move just lost him the support of millions of his countrymen.

Hopefully, the president will resign and flee the country.  Without a doubt he will go to Russia.  And that brings up the current problem.  At the same time all this was happening, president Putin of Russia called president Obama and told him that Russia wanted to help implement the agreement (which has now melted away).  It is a big test for Obama.  Allowing the Russians in to help "implement" the agreement will mean greatly increasing the chances of  Russian forces entering into the country to take control.  Obama has to tell the Russians that their presence in the Ukraine is unacceptable to America.  It is a matter for the people of the Ukraine and only them.

Who wants to bet whether or not Obama had the sense to say that?  The odds are probably ten to one that Obama told Putin that it was a great idea to have the Russian assistance.