“We must protect the Russian speaking people in Crimea” and the Ukraine…Putin. “We must protect the German speaking people in the Sudetenland”  and Czechoslovakia…Hitler. Look familiar?  Gambit.  Definition, “an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage”.  A term closely associated with the game of Chess. House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers likened the situation and the matching of wits to an arrangement where in Obama plays Marbles whilst Putin plays Chess.  Perhaps we can fine tune that to Putin playing three level Chess. As John Kerry shoots his mouth off as if setting up some type of tough guy Secretary of State/ Presidential candidate resume, one must wonder if his oratory is calculated for his political benefit or executed as a wise and proper foreign policy.  At first blush, it appears to be the former.  Nothing appears ‘wise’ and...(Read Full Post)