Absent any other arrangement, the Kremlin will have to do just that. Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s doctrine – if you break it, you own it – applies to Putin’s intervention in Ukraine as much as to George W. Bush’s misadventure in Iraq.
如果没有其他安排，克里姆林也只能这样做。美国前国务卿鲍威尔的信条——自己的烂摊子自己收拾——既适用于小布什在伊拉克的失败，也适用于普京对乌克兰的干预。