Ukraine and party politics

Twenty years ago The Ukraine agreed to give up the nukes it inherited from the former USSR and the United States and Russian agreed that the borders of Ukraine would remain intact. Recent events make one wonder why the US made such a guarantee when we are now unable to back it up. President Obama is now faced with the task of living up to President Clintons promise and his hands are tied. Conservatives are now claiming that Putin is a leader and Obama is a follower. This is a repeat of the liberals who claimed that Gorbachev was a leader and Reagan a follower. This is just one more example of how party is more important than country and many people are getting tired of this party at all cost attitude.