Cedarford,

Hmm. I quite like CJM’s comments. So, in my poor attempt at defending them, I think the bones in noses comment was referring to the brutal heavy fisted, drunken state of the russian ‘conscript’ that we are now hearing stories on.

How much of the Russian military is made up of these conscripts? How would they rate against our enlisted ranks?

Not suggesting we go to a war, but in the end, who are the real power brokers in Russia and how much would they lose if we did not stand down?

Personally, I think Russia made the biggest mistake. They could not possibly achieved any of their long term goals – like it or not, the kleptocracy IS plugged into the western system (unless they don’t care about there new found ‘bling’ and houses in portugal/spain).

There concerns, long term should be east where their population is crumbling.

Instead, they have given the west, and CHINA, who rely on being plugged into the western economic gird, real cause for concern.

Despite chest-beating, I think it was stupid on their part.