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Are we on the eve of a turn in the Great Game? | 79 comments (79 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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I've no problem with the word, but rather with the suggestion that the panic is because they realise that this will lead to the dollar ceasing to be the reserve currency. It looks more like panic because they can't force Putin to do what they want in Ukraine.
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Sun Apr 27th, 2014 at 11:38:16 AM EST
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The one is related to the other, but I think a big part of the current situation is fear of looking weak - problems in posing.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Apr 27th, 2014 at 01:06:38 PM EST
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