Russian reassertion or reemergence as a modernized world power, limits the Euro's rise against the dollar. Russian reemergence takes the baton from the terrorist rationalized spending or looting of the american treasury. The troops are deployed on a long term basis by a GOP/arab agenda. The powers that be don't want to leave anything to chance. If they loose the next presidential election, and the democrats bring the troops home. Russia's reemergence will be used for justification for further defense spending. The Euro's rise is curtailed in this situation, since American banks would seem more secure when millions of troops arent sitting a few miles away. Russias threats to cut energy supplies to eastern europe might further exacerbate the situation. Thus a Russian reemergence as a world power benefits the players at large. It benefits the dollar. edit: inessence the USA's credit limit is raised and further spending will be tolerated by the world financial structure.