Russia will occupy the ground probably by Saturday or Sunday but paying soldiers trying to samp down a long-term insurgency will grow into a slog psychologically. The key for the west is obvious produce enough natural gas and oil to flood the market and the Russian economy will tank. The soldiers and Russian population will become increasingly disenfranchised and you will probably see another 1991 revolt. Russian history tends to repeat itself. The onsite reporter Harrigan, the other night, made a prediction that this invasion will be the downfall for Putin. I agree but probably in the next 5 to 10 years. My take is he and his buddy oligarchs greatly fear the encroachment of western-style democracy and an end to their exploitation of the common Russians. Why else would someone call in his speech the Jewish prime minister of Ukraine a Nazi? If you are lying like a 3rd world tinpot dictator, things are not as good as they seem. He almost sounds like General Noreiga before the end. He will not have the money to push farther into the NATO countries, where the resistance will probably be 3 times as brutal.