Chickens rapidly came home to roost.
Putin has exposed many shortcomings within the "West". The EU has looked very much a bullying, greedy, aggressively expanding, capitalist apparatus that has pushed right to the Russian border. And now look what happened? Its looking over its shoulder to see who in this gang is now with it.
We, the UK need to look carefully again who we share a platform with. The very thought of actually committing troops and our country, yet again, for these horrible places in the east leaves me cold. Let them all get on with it and for once leave us out.
The US President wont be pushing America into this either if he has any sense at all.
This crisis also has the potential to destroy NATO unity.
*If, God forbid, we did commit our own UK forces into this maelstrom, then what happens to the Scottish element if and combat begins? This war would be not one iota of use to the Scottish nation - the Scottish leader would be quite right to call his countrymen away from the fighting.
Cameron is sleepwalking Britain, this island even, into a disaster.