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Incredibly insightful article and articulated as well as he thinks.

I usually find a few points of contention with Mr. Will.

But I must say I agree with everything in this article. We are at a major crossroads and America better be awake and vigilant ready for a long fight.

$4-a-gallon gasoline is a drop in the gas bucket compared to what Putin wants to do to America economically, which is his primary pay-back scheme, to prove that communism is — even after Reagan's stunning economic victory — the superior economic system.

But at the heart of it is the same old Russian bully, whether Czar or Bolshevik or Stalinist or Putinist (learning from the ChiComs to accept an amalgamation of whatever works, even limited free markets in order to maintain totalitarianism).

The reason behind the seemingly mysterious and accidental August recurrence, is simple Mr. Will. It is at the threshold of winter. The Russians do very well controlling their enemies in the winter. It is their best opportunity to dig in like a tick into the scruff of their enemies and prey.

“The reason behind the seemingly mysterious and accidental August recurrence, is simple Mr. Will. It is at the threshold of winter. The Russians do very well controlling their enemies in the winter. It is their best opportunity to dig in like a tick into the scruff of their enemies and prey.”

An excellent observation and the first time I’ve seen it mentioned.

Colonel, USAFR

The only thing keeping the Russian economy afloat is oil. They have managed to create a few billionaires while failing to provide a materially better life for the people. They have used, like Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries used gold from the Americas, their oil to enrich a few and create a military power. If we drill off our coasts, recover our shale, create renewables and find and develop our deposits of natural gas, the Russian wealth is decreased by many factors.

Best to move now and begin the process of restoring an empire while they have the military strength and economic hammer, oil and, to keep the EU in line, natural gas. Let the supplies of both increase and their prospects diminish. And if threatening the pipeline trough Georgia pays off in higher prices all the good.