Old salt, it appears Putinism went hot after the 2006 USA election. This same election began the Great American Deleveraging, about which much more could be said re the forces always at the ready to exploit weakness –which American confidence in the future, as seen in aquisition of debt –surely had become.

related, see drudge –Obama will appoint Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to England. It’s being described as “to honor JFK”, and back-storied as to repay Uncle Ted’s early support.

But it also flashes a strong diplomatic signal: the previous Kennedy at the Court of St James was grandpa Joe –who got recalled due to his “we must appease Hitler” stance –which amounted to support for Hitler just before or just after the outbreak of WWII (i should search that point tho it isn’t critical). Not that he loved Hitler –he just thought Democracy could not stand against Dictatorship.