Putin

As the situation in The Ukraine worsens the world doesn’t want to know about it. Russia says their troops are not there and the Europeans don’t want to respond and the US is concentrating on ISIS. Putin’s plan closely follows Hitler’s prior to WW 2. He first took Crimea and now a part of Ukraine. Once he establishes his presence in The Ukraine, he can begin to hassle the Baltic States who are part of NATO. NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a defensive group designed to protect small European countries from Russia. If any of those countries are openly attacked the United States by treaty must come to their rescue and the key word here is “openly”. Putin is too smart for that, so he will move close to their borders and use covert means to destabilize their governments. He can use the Russian Mafia and this will deter foreign investors to invest in these countries. This will adversely affect their banking systems as well and their overall economy. As these countries experience financial failure it will weaken the NATO alliance which is his long term objective. All the while this is going on Putin will continue to participate in Peace talks much like Iran does as they pursue their nuclear goals.