for vital and justifiable reasons against truly nefarious people, it serves a powerful purpose, but if used too often or loosely, carelessly and arrogantly, it can produce a backlash that undermines the basic objective. bnp got what it deserved, but perhaps it is time for the united states to set up a proper system with checks and balances that determines when this exorbitant privilege of having the world's reserve currency can be used as a deadly weapon of economic war. >>> next on "gps," my guest, sweden's foreign minister said that putin's invasion of crimea is comparable to saddam hussein's invasion of kuwait, so why no international military response this time? i will ask him. if you wear a denture, touch it with your tongue.