In a few hours, global financial markets will open, including energy-futures markets, so we will soon find out what the world thinks of the events in Ukraine.
Will Europeans panic and sell their holdings, knowing that Vladimir Putin has his finger on a button that could cut off their natural gas supplies? Will others heed the famous advice to ‘’buy when there’s blood in the streets’’ and go on a buying spree?
Only one thing is certain — Vladimir Putin is the smartest leader in the world. He knows how to shape events to achieve his goals. He wanted to be head of the KGB and he succeeded on his own merits — no nepotism, no affirmative action, no family wealth, no corruption that’s ever been made public. He wanted to be Prime Minister of Russia, and he succeeded. He wanted to annex the Crimea to Russia, and he succeeded. If he wants to also annex eastern Ukraine to Russia, he will succeed.
The rest of us relative morons can only sit back and watch. And maybe rue the day we elected a president who is so far out of Vladimir Putin’s league that he’s become an international embarrassment.
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