RITTER: It's time for Russia to punch the camel in the nose after tanker seizure

If the US gets away with this voiding of any meaningful Russian response, then it will feel free to escalate up to and including directly confronting Russia on the ground in Ukraine, he writes

Scott Ritter, the former UN weapons inspector, responded to the U.S.’s decision to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic for allegedly violating Washington-imposed sanctions, and q…