It's not over - by a long shot. Russia has made some serious moves in the past 2-3 days. Russian Gunmen have overtaken the parliament and presidential palace. Russian troops are performing full scale readiness exercises along the entire front and MIGs are on high alert. Who the hell knows what the KGB is up to?

More than likely it’s a bunch of Putin saber-rattlin', but it's still disconcerting to say the least. An isolated Venezuela is one thing. The Ukraine is an entirely different geo-political monster. If the Ukrainian people thought a few snipers were bad, wait until they meet the real Red Army...