The various spook arsonists have been torching sovereign nations at an ever increasing rate with both impunity and the approval of their masters holding the moral high ground in the eyes of their respective, blissful populace. For the first time, the district firefighters show up and the recidivist arsonists et al get their tighty-whities in a twist, calling the firefighters unlawful belligerents when the flames are doused without loss of life. Maybe congress and the UN will hold a vote in response. The irony of these most recent events is just rich....

History holds that currency wars generally degrade into shooting wars. Russia has the lowest national debt of the other G-20 corporations with a correspondingly low debt:GDP. Iraq and Libya, like the BRIC nations, moved away from the USD for international commerce. Wars are always a balancing of accounts and consolidation of interests. After the crash of 1907 came WWI, after the crash of 1929 came WWII. Perhaps 1939 Poland = 2014 Ukraine?