>> "...rootin tootin boot skootin Putin's soul "
You certainly have a way with words!
As to your theory, it wouldn't surprise me although I didn't follow the specifics closely.
By the way... the CA situation is just getting so depressing and demoralizing I can hardly stand those threads anymore, especially with the koolaid inhalers... they gag me!!! (not sayin I won't be back, just waitin for my stomach to settledown, I guess)