[edpc]

Ukraine is about to get rolled. They’ve already been undermined and fractured by Russian covert ops. It’s unlikely the different factions will unify against an invasion. I fully expect Putin to throw “right to protect” in Obama’s face and invade before the elections. I’m happy to be wrong.

[Sam Gamgee]

Putin is doing this smartly and slowly. He knows he has time, and that Obama frankly can't juggle more than one or two crisis’ at once. Once we get to midterms, Obama will be too busy shoring up Obamacare to notice a third of Ukrainian territory in Putin's hands. Maybe couple years ahead all the Ukraine. Then comes Lithuania.