[mick]

Excellent analysis and a good partial rebuttal to this otherwise brilliant article.
I agree with you that in the end Putin and the boys will learn the lessons learned by Hitler,Tojo, Mao(in Korea),and the long line of predecessors to the current gang in Russia. That free people can and will defend their interests and push back the barbarians. Unfortunately, the world is going to have to pay a catastrophic price before they learn that lesson unless this country summons the martial will to resist them now when our victory will be sure and not too costly ( to paraphrase Churchill ). Tough times ahead.

[rbmillerjr]

I agree and Russia is but a minor part of this. Let’s don’t give them too much credit. We should fear China as well as Iran.

It is imperative that we follow up on the actions with Russia, such as excluding them from WTO and booting them from G7/G8.

Just as important is assisting Israel in knocking out Iran’s nuclear capability and leaving Iraq within 2-3 years to evolve as they will - so that our military can’t reorganize and concentrate on future conflicts and deterrence with a real super power in China.