November, fred. it s in washington time, crisis time, that s an eternity. many things can transpire. the administration understandably have taken extraordinary measures to isolate russia politically. they ve created a sanctions package which makes russia the most sanctioned country in the world. certainly in recent decades in terms of the application of s sanctions, but there s a certain reality. the president of indonesia is not joint sections. of the ten most populated countries of the world, only one is on board to isolate and sanction russia. important countries like india, brazil, mexico. the israelis are hitting with regard to protecting their interests in syria. saudi arabia and the emirates refuse to increase oil production because they don t want to alienate the russians.