Latest S2 Update on Ukraine

[Snarl]

Still think Putin got irritated at all the graft and corruption the West was dealing in Ukraine and he said screw that if anybody is going to bleed them out it's gonna be me.

Don't remember seeing it in this thread.  Certainly haven't seen it plastered all over MSM.

But ... the USA "iced" almost half of Putin's Gold Reserves.  That's a big deal.

If you ice his assets that's one thing.  If you do that and follow-up with cutting off his ability to generate revenue ... that's where the war actually started.

If there's a bunch of crooked US politicians enriching themselves in the land of Utter Korruption ... stealing directly from the pipelines, or charging exorbitant transfer rates ... then maybe ... you lash out ... end the threat.

If Team USA/Team NATO push, Putin's not gonna back up.  He's gonna whack another country.  I suspect he'll practically annihilate the US threat that's been building up in Poland and then roll-up the Baltic States.

Hell, Putin's probably thinking all of that real estate was paid for in the theft of his Gold.