The fact is, at this point, the US is basically irrelevant to the events in and around Ukraine.
We essentially forfeited any real influence there and across Eastern Europe when Obama decided not to provide missile defense to the region and conceded space flight to the Russians.
Putin was clearly only waiting for the Olympics to be over with to enact a plan that has probably been a decade in the making. And certainly Ukraine is only the first stop on Mr. KGB’s magical mystery tour—the “Back in the USSR” tour, if you will.
In eastern Europe, we’re out, the Sovs are back in.
It’s just my opinion, but I doubt Obama is the least bit bothered by any of it. In fact...
Exactly. Whether or not you support Russia or the Ukraine, the bottom line is the US’s ability to influence events there is zip, zilch, nada.