“Vladimir Putin is a brute. But he commands a nation that has all the power and might it needs to stand up to the United States and the rest of the West. Just a few months ago, it was the Russians who wagged their fingers at European governments for confiscating bank accounts in Cyprus, comparing such tactics to the Soviet Union. It’s also been the Russians who have stood up to the West and given sanctuary to Edward Snowden. All of this would have been unthinkable ten years ago. And this may very well be the event that future historians look back on as the day America lost its global dominance. This isn’t anything to cry about. The world isn’t coming to an end, it’s just changing.”
http://www.sovereignman.com/trends/its-official-americas-suez-moment-has-arrived-video-12686/