It seems that Putin will be forgiven for his adventurous soirée and his demands for greater influence in "Ukraine will be met. Why is he still in setting the tone while his minions are still controlling parts of Ukraine?

We as United States new citizens must pledge our allegiance to this country before we can even vote. If we were born to U.S. citizens then our status is automatic but we still do pledge our allegiance to this country. Serious betrayals to this pledge can be treason.

As we watch the charades that are being orchestrated by Russian players let's stop pretending that these Russian speaking families inhabiting eastern Ukraine and Crimea are actual citizens of Ukraine. They are Russians who happen to live and work in these areas for comfort and support of their Russian brethren.

And here's the simple Truth: Russia's action is akin to Canadians sending a million Canadians over the border to work, (even vacation) in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Then, feeling  threatened due to having to obey Yankee laws and preferences, with the aid of the Canadian military poised on the border (and infiltrated special forces) the Canadian speaking Mainers  suddenly appear armed with the latest military paraphernalia and begin taking over all government locations. And within a few weeks they annex Maine, controlling the coast, with sights on all of New England.

Next step, a referendum vote stating that the Canadian speaking Mainers want to join Canada, from where they had all come, eyh. (The new blueprint for conquest?)

Easy takeover, right? Maybe in the minds of the Mackenzie brothers' Great White North.

Otherwise, yes, an absurdity and yet at its most basic root that is what has happened in Ukraine.

My question is this: If these "citizens" of Eastern Ukraine and Crimea have pledged this loyalty to Ukraine then what they have done is treason and they should be losing all their rights as citizens of Ukraine.

Therefore, doesn't Ukraine have every right to deport them to Russia because of their treason.  And if they are not citizens........Really?

But even here, another stage of absurdity surfaces in that such an option is logically correct yet so symbolic in that deportations are just another Russian horror game from the past.

Many Ukrainians, including my families, were deported to Siberia or gulags unknown, as were the Tatars from whom the Russians stole their sunny beach resorts.

But in the end, should this be the final solution against any further Russian Imperialism: deportation of all Russians from all foreign lands. Is this Karma's turn now, I wonder?

...in the lands of absurdity.