I'm embarrassed for this country. I can't believe I watched the fall. I was 8 years old in 1980 when the world was at our feet, to the disgrace we see today. Americans are incurious, ignorant, arrogant, violent and petty as only a crumbling empire can signal.

Paul Craig Roberts has been posting extensively on just how dangerous it is for Russia to think that they can solve conflicts with the west with diplomacy. Neocons are fully back in control. They are agitating for war. The recent expulsion of Russian diplomats is just the most recent example. This is a gradual escalation and Americans are blissfully unconcerned and ripe for whatever consequences follow.