01/30/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"Yes, we need to be intellectually honest that anything we do--anything we do--is going to provoke a Russian response."
"Graham Allison, from Harvard, called it the 'Thucydides Trap,' wherein 12 of 16 instances in world history where you had a rapidly rising power confronting an established power ended in war."
"Russia wants Kiev out of the West, and wants the West out of Kiev."
"When the proxy forces run into trouble, Russian forces step in to right the balance."