Probably not wise to ignore...

...threats like this.

Czar Vlad wants to be taken seriously.  He's seriously throwing shade and threats around now.

Could the Russians put troops into FIVE NATO capitals in five days or less?

Probably.  Would the Lavtians, Estonians, Lithuanians, Romanians and Poles make them bleed for every g--damned inch?

You fuckin' bet.

Putin could put airborne troops into each of those capitals.  Trust me this, those peoples remember being under the yoke of the Soviets.  They'll fall all over themselves after the initial shock wears off and kill the paratroops to a man.  Sending armor in to those countries, equally probematic.  I'm not up on the military capabilities of the Baltic States, but I would NOT go up against the Poles when they're playing defense, on their ground.

Czar Vlad's telling us, not very nicely, by the way, to take him seriously.  We should.  We should engage the Russians - avoid a war which will be very, very bloody, and possibly apocalyptic.

The situation in Ukraine? We started it, folks, by fomenting unrest and getting the previous government (democratically elected, by the way) ousted.  You can thank Former Secretary of State Clinton for that one.

I have absolutely ZERO confidence in the President or his Secretary of State (current or former).  to handle this mess with even the slightest hope of a good resolution.  ALL signs point to a real shit-show.

This is some bad juju, folks.  Hold on, it's going to get even bumpier from here.

Crazed American, out.