Russia knows a weak leader, and the US fits the mold with an unqualified, illegal & fraudulent leader like obozo & bidet.
I can’t imagine that the Russians would dare challenge the American strongman, Barack Obama.
I would take this several steps further. Russia and China will use this golden opportunity to respectively restore and fortify their militaries as Obama moves quickly to redeploy our troops from Iraq to Afghanistan and the “hunt for Bin Laden”. Iran will go nuclear in the next four years, joining North Korea. Israel, Taiwan, and the former Soviet bloc countries in Eastern Europe will discover to their chagrin that the Obama administration has no intention of providing diminishing American military resources to protect them in the 21st century. This assumes that the defense budget will be slashed to help finance massive bailouts and new/revitalized social programs promised during the campaign.
Please tell me what I’ve missed.