When the Soviet Union fell I said at that time there would be problems down the road. Not only did the Russians lose their position but the US financial people p'd on their parade so much that they took away their dignity too.

You can pretty much get away taking everything from a person but your asking for trouble once you take away their dignity.

People like Putin don't want the old Soviet system... they just want to get their dignity back and that's even more dangerous to fool with.