Originally Posted by RummyBoy

And its a smart move to demonize, marginalize and provoke Russia to the brink of war? And at this time in the US economy, USA more than ever NEEDS Russia to hold on to dollars and keep up the petrodollar. Russia isn't going to be another Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Afghan etc........

If the eagle wants to provoke the bear, it's bad news for everyone.
Cut Russia out of SWIFT and that is a big blow economically for all (including Russia).
Cut Russia out of VISA/MasterCard and its probably the last straw.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/29/wo...sis/index.html