[Sawdring]

Sometimes, someone who is already under economic attack bites off more than they can chew and then they can try to manage two very long conflicts at the same time.

The US couldn't do it with Afghanistan and Iraq and I'm sure Russia is going to slide even further into a morass if Putin doesn't drag everyone into as well.

Obama's speech to the UN was a direct warning about WWIII and his response with the world's most powerful military in my humble opinion.

[Cronos]

Nothing more will happen in the Ukraine. that place is collapsing. Putin has the Crimean naval base and eastern ukraine with all its manufacturing centers.