PUTIN'S NEXT MOVES WILL BE DIPLOMATIC: RE-TAKING EGYPT AND IRAQ, HELPING MADURO AND CASTRO MAINTAIN POWER, AND GAINING WITH ISLAMIST TURKEY

PUTIN'S DESIRES ARE NOT LIMITED TO RECAPTURING TSARIST RUSSIA'S EURO-ASIAN HOLDINGS.

HE WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO REGAIN SOVIET ALLIES AND EXTEND HIS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, IF NOT CONTROL, IN AFRICA AND ASIA AND IN OUR HEMISPHERE.

SO WE MUSTN'T FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE BALTIC STATES OR EASTERN EUROPE.

JUST SAYING...