I haven't been up on what the Russians have been saying re: our responses, so that's good to hear. I'll read up on the Ukraine. I want to believe Putin is a pretty straight-shooter, but in my mind I keep going back to the KGB culture and mentality which has been so ingrained. Thanks!
Putin went to law school. He is a bureaucrat but not a maniac. First he needs to keep the Ossetians from going on the rampage and killing more Inguish or Chechens.
This can get a lot worse.