Putin's Resources Are No Match to the Resources of the Collective

Putin feels he's unrestrained with unlimited manpower, territory and weapons. He thinks that the West is weak because you are subject to popular democratic elections. We'll have to wait to see a public opinion impact on Putin. It hasn't so far, one would like to hope that it will but it would have to be quite dramatic. A frozen conflict could end up in 2014 again with worse situation.