printThe division of Ukraine is impending if a political solution is not negotiated, with one part cleaving to Europe; the other to Russia. Also upon us is the second Cold War between the US and Russia, says Russian historian Stephen Cohen of The Nation.
Cohen is the only learned voice among the media monolith currently expatiating on the Kiev riots.
“Preposterous” is how Cohen has characterized Vice President Joe Biden’s demand that the democratically elected Ukrainian President Yanukovych withdraw forces from Maidan Square. Equally outrageous is the Obama Administration’s demand that the democratically elected president step down before elections are held next year, a demand with which the Stupid Party agrees.