the intellectual underpinning for whatever coming our way is being erected as we post
could be a lot more crying ahead
comrade obama must decide whether to de-camp afghanistan, do anything about pakistan, forget iran, never-mind iraq, still-born syria, lose libya, give up nigeria, humour france, abandon saudi arabia, ignore israel, pivot to asia, take on china, shield japan, answer to korea(s), destabilise taiwan, set up in africa, set-up latin america, or ... cry over ukraine and tee-up russia.
whereas herr putin presumably only needs to focus on one thing, all close to home, with one whip hand holding a gas spigot connecting to europe, and the other a nuclear toy swinging over all; leaving left and right booted steps free to do as he pleases when and where he wishes, here, there, everywhere.
the opera must go on, but each episode in sequence. after all, blood is thicker than water, kinship matters, along w/ historical rights, and all can claim promised land, or whatever such.
at some juncture i can imaging that we shall enjoy tit for tat revelations empowered by cyber-spying of both sides, however with politicians on capitol hill far more vulnerable to seeming transgressions of all sorts. what a show. it is going to be good - who slept with what when and where, and for what
such same revelations on russian politicians would matter far less, and may even boost their political fortunes
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