Actually, Yanukovych fled in February and the referendum to return Crimea to Russian did not take place until March. Therefore, Yanukovych was not president when Russia "annexed" the Crimea.
It is ironic that such a fuss is being made about this, but no mention has been made of the State Department's removing the Mujahedin-e Khalq, one of the primary organizers of the takeover, from the list of terrorist organizations.
It is interesting to note in this context that in his 1/13/12 interview with the New York Times Magazine, Ehud Barak admitted that the danger of a nuclear Iran was not so much from attacking Israel, but that a nuclear power could afford much greater protection to its allies, like the Hezbollah. "A nuclear Iran announces that an attack on Hezbollah is tantamount to an attack on Iran. We would not necessarily give up on it, but it would definitely restrict our range of operations."
Actually, Yanukovych fled in February and the referendum to return Crimea to Russian did not take place until March. Therefore, Yanukovych was not president when Russia "annexed" the Crimea.
It is ironic that such a fuss is being made about this, but no mention has been made of the State Department's removing the Mujahedin-e Khalq, one of the primary organizers of the takeover, from the list of terrorist organizations.
It is interesting to note in this context that in his 1/13/12 interview with the New York Times Magazine, Ehud Barak admitted that the danger of a nuclear Iran was not so much from attacking Israel, but that a nuclear power could afford much greater protection to its allies, like the Hezbollah. "A nuclear Iran announces that an attack on Hezbollah is tantamount to an attack on Iran. We would not necessarily give up on it, but it would definitely restrict our range of operations."