Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country

[Dartz]

This has had the feeling of inevitability for weeks.

The radio this morning was playing 'We Don't Need another Hero'. I wondered if that was their take on the eventual outcome.

You wonder how people felt when the Black Hand did it's thing to Franz Ferdinand and it seemed to be one of those things that just happened in Eastern Europe until it sort of metastised into something far bigger.

The Cold War seemed more sensible somehow.