[LeoWindhorse]

“Putin’s aim is to show that he is in the catbird seat, and there is nothing we can do about it,” this former officer said. “He’s like a kid with a can of gasoline and a book of matches, and he laughs as Obama tries to deliver lectures on how fire is dangerous. Indeed, Putin throws banana peels on the ground, and Obama manages to slip on every one of them. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

[Marguerite]

"he (Putin) laughs as Obama tries to deliver lectures on how fire is dangerous."

I rather think that Putin is taking Obama for a fool.