Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
No question he has won outright on Crimea. (His step one)
That will seem a pretty hollow win if the rest of the Ukraine ends up under a pro-western government.

Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
He is still sitting with Donetsk so maybe only a half step back... Which is understandable given US weakness and German gutlessness.
How is that understandable? If he sees himself faced by weakness and gutlessness, wouldn't the logical move be to take what he wants and establish a fait accomplii, as he did with Crimea? What does he gain by waiting? Not as if things have been going his way in the meantime.