Biden was pushing and pushing and gave no assurance to Putin and we're here now. I'm not sure who pulls Biden's strings, but it could just be his old self when we was Obama's vice president and actually started the Euromaidan. As an US taxpayer, I'm ashamed my taxes go to support stirring of conflicts abroad with known outcomes! Just like the bombing of the sovereign Syria and the desire to separate it into two. Suddenly, what Russia is doing (and we've attempted and have done successfully in the past ourselves) is bad! Until we act the the world's bully, nobody will truly respect us, and world peace would just be a pipe dream!