Originally Posted by
GlobalNav
He’s not stupid, but he is foolish and operates with a self-created and false version of reality. He’s not insane and insanity will be no defense for the evil, heartless, atrocities he has committed. He is is immoral, has no respect for the lives and happiness of others. Whether he is bluffing about the nuclear option is hard to say, but I doubt he has any moral inhibitions about it. What he did with the gas lines he is just as capable of any evil act. We are foolish for trying to explain it, when we should be putting an end to it. The caution and timidity of inaction with which the west responded to the Crimean episode now has led to the death and destruction we have seen this year in Ukraine.
I would say it goes back further, the response to Georgia that had set its goals on joining NATO and was partaking in peace keeping with us all set the ball rolling that resulted in Crimea.