Smart leadership would use this as an opportunity to cripple Iran and Russia by enforcing energy sanctions against the two countries. Russia should be declared a terrorist state by the incoming US Congress, and have sanctions strapped on it as such. The Chinese should also be made to feel the pain for supporting Russia and their own actions in Hong Kong, the Spartleys and the Sennikku islands.
The only problem with that is obama and the dem’s have wrecked relations with our allies. Would YOU hop in bed with obama given his recurring decisions to hurt not only the U.S. but his “community organizing” type decisions that hurt our (once) allies?