Moving along, this move for sanctions, Merkel and Germany election coming up, US threatening G8 in Russia summit, the House vote this week, we're seeing wide an

Moving along, this move for sanctions, Merkel and Germany election coming up, US threatening G8 in Russia summit, the House vote this week, we're seeing wide and deep domestic and international machinations that will likely continue and further reveal allies, obsequious weaklings, and `enemies' that would otherwise remain invisible. I cannot remember any other lone unknown individual affecting so much in so little time as ES. Putin standing firm may make for huge third world/China PR gains and position Russia as a serious peer player like nothing else imaginable.