Understand your point, but Russia is clearly sending a message (and its not a hashtag). They are well aware of America’s receding power under this president and know that Obama has no resolve. They may well be calculating that he is unlikely to respond to ANY provocation.
Can you imagine Obama adopting a strong stance or retaliating against any aggression? He is weakness personified.
“Can you imagine Obama adopting a strong stance or retaliating against any aggression?”
His base would go nuts, and it would expose the hypocrisy of everything the media has been telling us for 13 years.
However, his 1,000+ “Secret” jouno-listers could likely counter that image with a months long-media bombardment on the low-info’s.