СВОБОДА!

The above cartoon is a version of an old painting we in America call Lady Liberty, in France they call it:
La Liberté guidant le peuple...  added in the Kiev skyline in the back ground and changed the French flags to the Ukraine flags and I covered up Liberty's breast.   But the idea is basically the same Liberty and equality. 

  The concept of Freedom is a hard one for lots of people to grasp.  To some people the idea of giving people freedom and liberty is equal to anarchy and madness run a muck.  The idea that people for instance be left the freedom to choose where to live, what foods to eat, what kind of car to drive, to own a pistol or rifle, or even what type of toilet they install in their home.  
In some parts of America it is illegal to live off the grid.  Living a self sustaining life style where one is not hooked into any outside source of water, gas, telephone, internet, cable television or electricity.  There are some hotels and motels that refuse to accept cash for a night's stay and it is almost illegal to purchase a plane ticket in cash.  
America used to be free at least freer than it is today.  Each year we lose a freedom here and a liberty there, nothing very noticeable but little by little America is becoming more like China and China is becoming more like America.
Putin says he has no desire to annex any more of Ukraine...we shall see.  The Russian love what Putin has done and do not see his actions the same way we in America view them.  I can only guess what is going through the heads of the people who live in Moldova, Ukraine and even Poland.  
Let's face the facts here, if Putin so desires to annex all of Europe....who will stop him?