CLEARLY IT'S UP TO PUTIN NOW TO VALIDATE HIS THREATS OF AN "HISTORIC MISTAKE" BY THE EU AND US...WITH ACTION.
IT'S TIME FOR PUTIN TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP...
PULLING OUT OF ANY AND ALL AGREEMENTS WITH THE EU AND US IS AN OPTION...INCLUDING SPACE, ARMS CONTROL, AND TERRORISM.
I DON'T THINK THE WEST REALIZES JUST HOW PISSED OFF RUSSIA IS RIGHT NOW...
REMEMBER THE UK AND RUSSIA HAVE BEEN AT ODDS...EVEN BEFORE CONDI'S BIG MISTAKE IN GEORGIA...
MOVING OIL AND GAS SALES TO THE FAR EAST...IS ANOTHER POSSIBLE RESPONSE...
DENYING OF VISAS FOR TRAVEL IN AND TO RUSSIA COULD HAPPEN...THAT COULD FORCE WESTERN BUSINESSES OUT OF RUSSIA...AND MAKE THE OLIGARCHS STAY HOME...
DUMPING THE EURO AND THE DOLLAR FOR THE RUBLE AND GOLD COULD HAPPEN...AS WELL AS PRICING OIL IN SOME MANNER OTHER THAN IN DOLLARS... DUMPING THE US BOND MIGHT HAPPEN...BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF GOOD REASONS TO DUMP THE US BOND...!
THE BALL IS NOW IN PUTIN'S COURT...
