Is Obama weak against Putin?

CNN ^ | March 28, 2014 | By Andrew C. Kuchins

[Jim Robinson]

(CNN) -- I recall being an undergraduate in Russian Studies at Amherst College when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. I was flabbergasted when then-President Carter initially expressed surprise that Leonid Brezhnev and his cronies decided to undertake that ill-fated adventure. Just the little I knew of Soviet history at that time led me to conclude that one should never be naïve about Russia. Wisely, the Carter administration soon implemented a wide-ranging and powerful set of sanctions against the USSR.

By comparison, Barack Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun with a series of empty threats and "too little, too late" punitive measures against Putin's Russia.

On February 28, President Obama warned Russia not to take military action against Crimea, and if he did so, serious "costs" would be imposed. A few weeks later, Crimea was annexed to Russia and virtually no serious "costs" have been incurred from U.S. sanctions.

Now Obama and our European allies have virtually conceded Crimea, but again warn Putin that we really mean it this time, that if you take military action in Ukraine outside Crimea, you will be really sorry!

I think the only thing that has surprised Putin is how weak Obama's response has been. The administration was not prepared for the contingency that Putin would act so brazenly.

[Jim Robinson]

"I am afraid that day has arrived. Putin's task is to take back what a certain streak of Russian nationalism views as not only rightfully, but sacredly, what should be Russian. Obama may satisfy some supporters and even some critics by taunting Putin and Russia as a "regional power" of no great consequence acting out of "weakness." This will only bait the bear to lash out to demonstrate who is really weak and who is strong. It is a game that Obama is not psychologically equipped to understand, let alone win."

[Viennacon]

Weak isn’t half of it.

[faithhopecharity]

Forget about any pretensions of wanting to prevent IslamoNazi nuclear bomb attacks on America. Forget about Russian military movements. Our government (or whatever its called) thinks it has far, far more important horrors to prevent!

http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/28/white-house-looks-to-regulate-cow-flatulence-as-part-of-climate-agenda/#ixzz2xHqYITaT

[Jim Robinson]

Flexibility.

[cripplecreek]

Yup. Weakness doesn’t even begin to describe it.

[goldstategop]

"Weak? If you're weak, you can keep being weak."

[ClearCase_guy]

Interesting that this is from CNN. Earlier today I was in a business establishment that had CNN on in the background. I tried not to pay attention to their crap, but their inflection came through loud and clear in support of Obama's strong leadership --

"Earlier today Putin reached out to Obama, seeking a way to resolve the problem in Crimea."

Yeah. Sure. Putin is scared, and he's asking Obama to rescue him.

The posted article seems much more accurate: Obama is in way over his head.

[Louis Foxwell]

Any student of rogue nuclear states understands with perfect clarity that a strike on a major American city is imminent. Cow farts will not save us this time.

[Jim Robinson]

"Earlier today Putin reached out to Obama, seeking a way to resolve the problem in Crimea."

It's called chumming the fish.

[YHAOS]

Is Obama weak against Putin?

Where is that pic I have of a bear in the woods!

[tomkat]

Again and again and again and . . .

             

[smokingfrog]

[The KG9 Kid]

If the Mexican Army advanced into Southern California to take back what was 'rightfully theirs' by some claimed 'broken treaty' (i.e. Guadalupe Hidalgo) obstinately to protect an overwhelming populace of Spanish-speaking Californians, I don't think I'd lift a finger to help the current crop of left wing Californian political fascists fight back no matter how much I disliked Mexico.

So, why should I care about the Crimea that's 8000 miles away from my home?

[Sacajaweau]

Every time I hear the word flexibility, I'm infuriated. He's made a mess of everything he's touched.

And that includes Obamacare.

[library user]

Is Obama weak against Putin?

Does a bear shit in the woods?

[bigheadfred]

Flexibility.

Yeah. He has that.

[dead]

[Sacajaweau]

No....Obama sent Putin a list of “demands”. The phone call was in response to those “secret demands”.

[JudyinCanada]

Obama only gets tough with nuns.

[dfwgator]

Obama only gets tough with nuns.

And John Boehner.