THE BATTLE FOR DONETSK…. AND THE OTHER SHOE!

As the attention span of the West shifts away from Gaza, does it not focus in on the battle for Donetsk?

It’s obvious many Western leaders are concerned about the outcome of this conflict, but the question becomes, are their citizens?

If everyone woke up in the morning and learned that Donetsk was right in the middle of a battle that could determine the fate of the Rebels in the Ukraine, would they care?

Here is the problem and it’s not a new one.

The average Joe on the streets of New York or London may not care, but the average Ivan on the streets of Moscow would!

Even worse than that fact is the reality that the average Ivan’s Leader, Putin, is more than concerned.

Is this truly the last leg of the Ukrainian, pro Russian, resistance?

Are the Russian going to allow them to fall?

Are the supporters of the Rebels going to be forced to walk into Russia?

Does the Tsar allow two things to happen?

1. The Pro Russian forces fall to the new Ukrainian government.
2. The economic punishment Russia has had placed upon it is rewarded with the destruction of the “resistance”?

Once again the stories of Russian forces moving towards the border with Ukraine.

Once again the new articles depicting the latest group of Russian Military Exercises” hit the airwaves.

So, that’s it?

The Tsar plan goes up in smoke?

The border of Russia breadbasket is now in European hands?

The core of the Russian military industrial complex no longer belongs to the Tsar?

I’ve never been an optimist and I try not to be a pessimist.

A realist!

That is what I strive to be and it’s for that reason I sit here tonight waiting for the other shoe to drop….the Tsar’s shoe!