On Ukraine

I'm not a political junkie. (Really... I'm not!) And I'm not even a huge nationalist, either. I mean, I love my country and all. I still believe, for many various reasons, that America is the best country in the world, despite all the screwed up things we sometimes do. But I look at the current situation in Ukraine, the tension that exists between them and Russia, and how the U.S. is inserting itself into it all to try and influence the outcome, and I have to wonder... why? Not, why is Ukraine in such turmoil. Not, why is Russia so interested in what's going on in Ukraine (that part, I actually get). But, why are WE so interested in what's going on in Ukraine? Outside of the global, humanitarian interest in seeing things settled peacefully without bloodshed -- which is the only legitimate concern, if you ask me -- why do we feel the need to stick our nose in? I certainly see value in talking with all sides and helping them mediate a peaceful resolution, if there is one. But mediators don't pick sides. Like we have told Russia... we, too, need to know our place.