Could Bush ask the world’s bank to embargo Russian funds like they’ve embargo’d Arab funds? Take access to their rubels away from Russia’s newly-minted billionaires.

Putin needs to be hearing from the folks back home just what an enormous blunder he’s committed at pissing off the entire rest of the world.

Interesting analysis out of Australia, too:

Cold-war mentality in a warming world: Russia does itself few favours

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24176494-26040,00.html