The madness of the man has to be stopped with the strongest show of force. That is obvious to any idiot. The problem is again appeasement, as it was in 1938. Only difference is that Putin is far more dangerous than Hitler...
'The West faces a dilemma now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated his willingness to win at any cost in Ukraine: Does it, too, go all in, or does it admit Putin's de-facto sovereignty over Russia's post-Soviet neighbors? Both options are unpalatable, and the right answer depends on whether Putin plans to go beyond subjugating Ukraine.
"Arm Ukraine or surrender," is the way commentator Ben Judah formulated the Western world's dilemma in the New York Times. "American and British special forces should be dispatched to plant the flag and protect the airports of Kiev and Odessa," he wrote, warning that the alternative is "a surrender, too, for NATO, for Europe and liberal democracy, and for American global leadership."'
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-02/the-west-must-decide-whether-putin-is-hitler