Escalator

I never thought this is the way WW3 would start.  But I'd always really hoped . . . 

Russia's Parliament Approves Putin's Call For Troops In Ukraine
by Scott Neuman

NPR - March 1, 2014

In response, Ukraine has put its own forces on alert and warned that a Russian invasion would spark war between the two countries.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/03/01/284345466/russias-parliament-prepared-to-authorize-crimea-intervention?sc=ipad&f=1001