Why does Ukraine matter? Ukrain is in red… Putin, if reports are to be  believed, spent half his speech ranting how THE US illegally stole Eastern Europe from Russia, and he intended to reinstate what is rightfully theirs… then he stated if the US did anything to defend anyone, he would launch Nukes.

Ok if you look at this map… Red is Ukrain, the Dark yellow countries are Nations Putin claims rightfully belong to Russia because they were once part of the USSR. Finland never was part of the USSR in 1917 they faught a revolution to keep from being sucked into it. Yet their application for inclusion in Nato was responded to By Russian state department telling Nato to reject the application or else… so if Finland was once Part of Putins Greater Russia…. then so is Alaska… think about it. 

Oh and if he is using the old USSR argument one other country must be considered threatened directly… Germany… east Germany was part of the Iron Curtain… don’t forget about it. and lord knows if the Ukrain must be cleansed of its Nazis… How many Nazi’s is he going to find in Germany???