...and I do loathe Putin, but still, when the media offered this quote from John Kerry, Secretary of State of the US, I had a gigantic coughing fit. Along with, I suppose, much of the rest of the globe and maybe even some Americans. Because really:


"It is not appropriate to invade a country and at the end of a barrel of a gun dictate what you are trying to achieve."


Really? REALLY? YOU THINK?