SXX, you actually didn't answer his question while addressing his underlying jab, so I'll take a crack. Crucial components in the security profession are trust

SXX, you actually didn't answer his question while addressing his underlying jab, so I'll take a crack. Crucial components in the security profession are trust, and managed risk. Companies that don't pass the sniff test are simply discriminated against - regardless of circumstances. The US is looking out at the world again and trying to influence it. And the common man is bombarded with western military exceptionalism propaganda. Why would the USA allow any avenue for its currency to flow into a Russian firm? It was only a matter of time for something like this to occur.