Ukraine, the Crisis du Jour

There has to be a crisis somewhere every day for two reasons. First, the news/media must have something to justify their presence and with news being a 24/7 affair now that's a lot of time to fill. And second, there must be something for our Secretary of State to justify his jetting around the world. If there weren't insoluble problems, what would a Secretary of State have to do??

The whole affair is none of our business. If the European Union wants to impose sanctions on Russia, let them have at it. But with 1/3 of their natural gas coming from Russia in pipelines through Ukraine, it is going to be rather chilly in Europe.  
Is Putin a creep? Decidedly. But then there are a lot of creepy heads of state. Think North Korea to begin with. 

Finally, with so many needs here in the U.S., it annoys me to no end to see our Secretary of State rushing to Ukraine to give them a billion of my tax dollars. Who asked me or my Congressional Representative? No debate, no discussion, just here's the money. We discuss giving our own veterans benefits and can't seem to be able to afford that but yet we don't have a discussion of giving a billion dollars to a corrupt country on the other side of the world. 

IMHO, the U.S. should butt out and concentrate our talent, wealth, and energy on the pressing needs here in the U.S.  And the news should go back to a 30 minute broadcast every evening.