Will Putin Now Take Advantage?

With Iraq drawing the attention of the U.S. and many in Europe, will Russia's Vladimir Putin, somewhat quiet in the last few weeks, now make further moves against Ukraine? Ukrainian military actions against the pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have been somewhat limited, but what if Ukrainian leaders decide to let their military forces actually do more to crush the rebels? This will undoubtedly land Putin on the hot seat, since if he takes military action of his own, even heavier economic sanctions from other nations against Russia will likely result, but if he sits still, the pro-Russian rebels are apt to be crushed.

WORD HISTORY:
Forth-This goes back to the Indo European root "per/por," which meant "move or go forward." This gave Old Germanic "furtha," with the same general meaning. This gave Old English (Anglo-Saxon) "forþ" (meaning "forwards, onwards, move away from a place"), with the last letter being an Old English form later represented by "th," which gave English "forth," and it has endured as such for centuries. Other Germanic languages have: German "fort," which implies movement away from someplace or someone, as in "sie ist fort" ("she is gone"), Low German "foort" (forth, away) Dutch "voort" ("forth, away"). Frisian apparently no longer uses a form of the word, although it once did, and Old Norse, the forerunner of modern Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish. also had a form, which apparently died out at some point.