Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Russia invades Ukraine...reset button?!?!? Date:   8/28/2014 8:38:12 PM

Putin is definitely on the move to restore at least part of the former Soviet Union.  Realistically, the Europeans have much more to be concerned about this than we do at the moment, but they have so many financial ties to Russia that they are reluctant to jepordize.  Further, Merkel grew up in Berlin - guess where her sympathies likely lay?