Noam Chomsky May 1, 2014 Putin’s takeover of Crimea scares U.S. leaders because it challenges America’s global dominance. " This era's most extreme international crime, the United States-United Kingdom invasion of Iraq, was therefore not a break in world order—because, after failing to gain international support, the aggressors didn't cross Russian or Chinese red lines. In contrast, Putin's takeover of the Crimea and his ambitions in Ukraine cross American red lines"