>One thing that worries me particularly about the current situation is how calculating Putin is, and how little regard he has for the US. I will say it is the

>One thing that worries me particularly about the current situation is how calculating Putin is, and how little regard he has for the US. I will say it is the other way around. The US considered Russia "done" and expanded NATO without concern about Russia. It was the US the one that broke the deal of preserving the status quo. That was extremely evident when the US started maneuvering to take Sevastopol from Russia(via Maidan coup d'etat supported by the US), something extremely dangerous as Russia could not let that happen as we have seen.