The War Of Words Between Russia And The U.S. On Ukraine Continues

U.S.-Russian War Of Words Continues Over Ukraine -- L.A. Times

John Kerry calls Vladimir Putin's moves in Crimea more befitting of the 19th century. But Moscow and Kiev talk behind the scenes.

KIEV, Ukraine — As thousands of Russian and Ukrainian troops stare each other down in Ukraine's strategic Crimean peninsula, the worlds-apart views from Moscow and Washington over the dangerous faceoff suggested Tuesday that a resolution was far from imminent.

At the same time, signs emerged from the Kremlin and Kiev that both sides were wary of escalating the crisis, in which one nervous reaction could spark a shooting war.

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, during a visit Tuesday to the Ukrainian capital, accused Russia of gun-barrel diplomacy and brutish behavior more befitting the war-racked 19th century. Moscow, he said, has chosen aggression rather than one of the "countless outlets that an organized, structured, decent world has struggled to put together to resolve these differences so we don't see a nation unilaterally invade another nation.

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My Comment: The blow-back from this crisis is going to be felt elsewhere .... on Iran's nuclear talks, Syria, Afghanistan, etc..