1. Let's assume that the Malaysian Airlines flight was shot down by Ukrainian separatists armed by Russia. What happens next?
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2. The nature of the crime is such that it seems like an affront against the world: European flight going to Australia in Asian airline.
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3. Adding to the general heinousness of the crime: flight was filled with AIDS researchers -- i.e. people doing work for humanity
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4. So: really terrible crime which, it might turn out, was directly caused by Putin's adventurism in the Ukraine. Where does that leave us?
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5. Interesting reaction to this will come inside Russia. Plausibly, Putin can get nationalist mileage by claiming Russia unfairly maligned.
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6. But nationalist rallying to one side, what do Russia's military and political elite think about what just happened?
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7. Putin's whole claim to power is he's rebuilt Russia, made it respected military force in world again after Gorbachev/Yeltsin disaster
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8. Yet in Eastern Ukraine, events are clearly spiraling out of control. The proxy forces Putin unleashed are no longer at his bidding.
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@David_Shorr Yep. Good comparison.
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