Well, of course, I think the whole situation sucks the big one and I think that Putin has studied the chess board well. I was simply trying to point out that there is a nearly infinite number of military, economic, and diplomatic strategies that exist in between the extremes of “nothing” and “nukes” and that some of those strategies will be implemented and that some of those that are implemented will be overt and some will be covert. Kasparov was a master, but he could be beaten, and I think there are many many moves yet to be played in this game. It is possible that a knight may have been lost but the game has yet to be played out. Perhaps I did not explain myself very well. You buy me a beer and I’ll buy you one and we’ll call it even, aw, what the hell, I’ll buy us both one.
p.s. my survival supplies and my bug-out-bag and my escape plan are ALWAYS at the ready ... I was raised to rely on NO man NOR government for the safety and security of myself or my family.