NEWSLINK: “Ukrainian crisis: Is there a way out?” – Washington Times/ Edward Lozansky

“Are we preparing for the war with Russia over Ukraine? That’s how it looks if you saw in the news how U.S. Marines regularly do simulated battles with Russian-speaking insurgents.  This is taking place in North Carolina and Germany, but the assumed country is Ukraine, where some American troops have established a combat training center staffed by Ukrainians and reportedly capable of hosting an entire brigade. While the Pentagon, the State Department and Congress are pushing for the sale of ‘lethal defensive weapons’ to Ukraine, the U.S. Navy is establishing in the former Russian Black Sea port of Ochakov (now Ukraine) a center ‘to deliver flexible maritime capabilities throughout the full range of military operations.’ That sure sounds like preparation for war. …”