Ukraine barring Russian “ships of aggression” from the Black Sea ports and Poland immediately signing a “defense shield” agreement were frankly, in diplomatic terms instantaneous.
Along with the show of unity of all the former Russian satellites heads of state flying immediately to Georgia, along with SoS Rice....I believe the Russians know full well that aggression against Poland would instantly bring reprisal.
Big Deal, the Russians cut ties with NATO, they’ll have to come up with a better hand at this point if they want to play poker.
I did find that notifying Norway, of all countries, as a rather bizarre way to make a statement.
Recall that when the Kursk sank that the Russians eventually cooperated with the Norwegians in the recovery effort after rejecting British & American offers of assistance. I thought that was weird at the time. The only explanation that I could come up with was that the Russians were convinced that we (or the Brits) had a hand in the Kursk's sinking. Norway has always been a member of NATO, so you have to assume that anything you show to Norway will be disseminated to the rest of the alliance.
Interesting observation about them notifying Norway. It almost seems like Putin has no career diplomats working for him. It’s all an op to Putin. Poisoning the leaders of neighboring states, backing Iran, signing a cease-fire and capturing a port city - they’re all covert espionage ops.
Notifying Norway? Who knows. Seems like a ham-handed back channel move for no purpose.