Way back up there, Wretchard said:

“Lastly, Russia slapped China across the face by timing this with the Beijing Olympics. That may not seem like much, but I think it is one more suggestion that Putin has a cheap KGB mind. Clever in his own way but strategically stupid.”

I call it the Lt. Whorf factor. Big guy, insanely proud, physical courage in buckets, dumber than a sack of hammers when confronted with a strategic puzzle.

He ended up an Admiral, you know…

Okay, back to the war.