Is Obama even involved in this? I think the eastern edge of NATO is nervous.
It is. It’s very nervous. For them, it’s a real fear. But these former Soviet colonies are disdained for wanting to be free and independent. The benighted Putinsita goober brigade on FReeRepublic think that all issues are about Obama and their beloved Putin.
That was my thought. Obama was on his way home to watch playoff basketball, and Kerry turned back to Europe. It seems as if the grownups, both sides, wanted to figure it out with Obama preoccupied and in DC.