re: #134 Killgore Trout

Good article but I’m still wondering about the core differences between the EU and US on Ukraine policy. Eu passed some silly non-binding thingy last week but that’s more than we’ve done and it’s just about all the UN will ever do. What do we want that the EU doesn’t? My best guess is Obama wants to “lead from behind” again and leave the EU and Nato to square off against the Russians. I can see how the EU would resist a proposal like this, the Russians seem serious and I suspect they would be more willing to engage in direct conflict than either the US or NATO. The US has been an unreliable ally lately.
In the end, if we’re going to pin our hopes on the UN I seriously doubt we’ll see much progress in Ukraine.

If you’re in a bar and you hear two yahoos break beer bottles and go for each other and you don’t know which (if any) isn’t an asshole, then behind is the place from which to lead.

And go find a better bar.