Trapped.  The Fedioukine  Hills to one side and the Causeway Heights to the other. At one end of this box is the British cavalry represented by British dragoons and dragoon guards. At the other awaits Russian artillery and cavalry. Charge!! The blunder at Balaclava on October 25th 1854. The “Charge of the Light Brigade”. The Crimea seems a favorite venue for Russian traps.  Let us all hope that nothing is sprung from such ill advised offensive actions again. As we watch and listen to the empty rhetoric as it is “vollied and thundered” across the news wires, becoming inextricably ensconced within a Russian-designed turmoil seems to be something the United States should avoided at all costs. Yet, warnings, cautions and seemingly sincere rhetoric seem to flow effortlessly from the President.  Caution, sir.  No need for promises of retribution in so distant a conflict.  Britain, France and Germany all have much larger...(Read Full Post)