Photo: John Minchillo

Last week rallies in Ukraine chased the president Yanukovych out of the capital, and he is now hiding in Russia.  On Friday, last week the Russians sent in troops, tanks, and helicopters to make sure the Crimea remained a place friendly to Russians.

One has to wonder if Vladimir Putin is now the most hated man in Ukraine.  In 2014, can you take over a people who hate you and make the country work.  Yes, Ukrainians need Russian natural gas, and Russia wants to maintain its naval base in the Crimean peninsula, but can this takeover really work?

Has Putin entered another Afghanistan for Russia?  If you have to occupy a people, can it really work?

Photo: Sergei Chuzakov

Looks to me like these people would say, "No."  We shall see.  I am betting this doesn't work out for Russia.