Russian stock market fell by 11% after the troops moved in and Rouble is falling also. As Putin and his bully boy oligarch chums are only interested in siphoning off as much cash out of Russia as they can he's just devalued his own and his mates assetts considerably. If he keeps losing his backers money then Putin will be the one with the polonium glow as his organs disolve.
Here's hoping.

Obama's indecisiveness significantly weakens the USA.

All this 'red line' over Syria and 'there will be costs' over Ukraine. It's all just empty threats. He knows it and everyone else knows it.

Saw a video a few days ago posted where Obama was taking the mickey out of Romney during one of the presidential debates because Romney suggested Russia was still the biggest threat (or words to that effect). He's probably not taking the michael now.

Personally, I think the biggest hypocrite in this whole thing is Putin, who spouts nonsense about looking after the rights of Russians, while at the same time he goes about persecuting minorities in his own country, simply because he is a homophobe.

Maybe he doesn't wish Russia to make the same mistakes and suffer the same moral decline as the West?

... So homosexuality = moral decline??

Some people consider so.

Well Russia didn't suffer from flooding. They got the Winter Olympics and a slightly larger country.
Obviously Putin's is the way to go.

Its well known that those who rail against homosexuality are actually doing so to hide the fact that they themselves are attracted to people of the same sex - Putin is a prime example and I'd hazard a guess that you are having difficulties surpressing your own sexual urges?

That lazy old, childish chestnut! It's irrelevant whether or not I am gay. I have no control over other people's thoughts.

Because absolutely the best way to stop anyone siezing all the money in your bank account is to fire a missile at the country where your bank is and where you park your superyacht and where you own all your property and where all your rich countrymen like to party it up, etc...etc...etc.

It's more a case of showing how weak and inept Obama et al are - they are always playing catch up with Putin. He's constantly got them on the run.

Well, apparently the test was planned months ago anyway