Living On the Diagonal

For KGB Agent Putin "It's All About the PASTA!"  - James Kennedy Or, it is definitely about the past. A youthful Vladimir Putin began his career with the KGB assigned to Dresden, East Germany as the Berlin Wall fell and East Germany opened to the W est. It did not sit well with this young nationalist and patriot.  In subsequent years, the Soviet Union (USSR) collapsed. Russia became... well, Russia but was no longer a superpower second to USA. It was a tragic and perhaps traumatic life event for the KGB agent. Putin had a "career" with the intelligence agency, but the life following is more adeptly seen as his ascent to President, now autocrat, or oligarch-in-chief.   Today there are numerous print and media articles presenting opinions as to what Putin will do or not do regarding Ukraine.  For twenty years American, British, French intelligence etc...have tried to get into his head with little or no success. He has aspired to keep all matters private and he ha

THE WEST CAN STILL PLACE “PUTIN’S GAMBIT” IN CHECK  BY GRANTING UKRAINE STATUS AS A MEMBER OF NATO   2014 Russian Incursion un the Crimea It will be a strategy that NATO will deem as over-reaching, naïve and dangerous but will put Putin and Russia in check. NATO must expedite Ukraine's  application to join the western alliance  and put on a path to full membership. NATO could grant Ukraine as an affiliate member while approval is pending they offer military assistance as an affiliate member. A move to grant Ukraine emergency status and place under the umbrella of military protection in support of a legitimate sovereign nation. Sorry, President Putin all of your claims and demands are now rote. There is little doubt that the original members will deem this move as “unfeasible” and a risk they are not willing to take. History will record the action unprecedented and controversial in the Post-Cold War era. However, these are not ordinary times and Russia’s aggression demands a