who cares what Russia is doing, besides making our president look like a little B****.

boy what if we could become self sufficient, use OUR own energy and say F*** the world and fight our border wars and get this country back on our OWN feet..

i wonder what would happen then?

It could very easily happen .But the folks in charge will never let it.
And i don't mean just this administration.

I agree we need to try to stay out of this as long as we can.
My opinion which does not mean much is Russia is going to show their muscle for a few weeks and then this will go away when a new pro Russian leader is put in place.
It would be stupid for the people to fight back they would get slaughtered like sheep.
This is perfect if you overpower them you never have to kill one person and no one gets hurt.

Still makes the Obama administration and the UN look weak.

As far as the Army it has been downsizing since the late 1980's when I was in the Military.
Went from big tanks, big infantry divisions, and a lot of manpower to smaller more compact company's with less manpower.