Checkmate?

 

What Vladimir Putin has accomplished so far just with his threat to invade Ukraine:

- Pushed the price of oil above $90 per barrel …injecting  billion$ more into his economy

- Made it very clear to the EU that Ukraine cannot join NATO

- Has tightened his control on Belarus with his tens of thousand Russian troops there

-Has demonstrated how feckless Biden is with his mostly empty threats and unnecessary concessions

- Has pushed a wedge between Germany and the rest of NATO

- Has started a Ukraine refugee crisis in Eastern Europe

- Shown the danger that Europe faces by relying only on the natural gas pipelines through Ukraine … and thus showing the need for Nordstream Two

- Has sorely tempted Biden to get embroiled in the conflict to offset his domestic problems

- Increases Russian  influence in eastern Ukraine

- Damages Ukraine’s economy and thus Zelensky’s popularity

- Flushes out much of America’s intelligence sources and methods

And the downside? Nothing, if he doesn’t invade. Maybe this is why sanctions should have been imposed on Russia already?

STAND UP TO PUTIN!