neolex wrote:

“So anyone (and especially RattlerGator) care to explain or at least speculate what is the cards we’ve got on hand, because it seems to me that Bush is still looking at his cards, while Putin grabbed all the chips from the table and ran out the door.”

LOL!

The upside to this, from our POV, is that once Russia settles in to the long occupation they’ll have to deal with the rebels. These rebels, irregular army folk, may prove to be just as pesky as the ones we’ve found in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Ruskies may be forced to deal with the slow bleed as well.