Yes, his polling figures do seem to be good at home. That’s my point. He has played the nationalism card to great advantage.
What was looming that he felt he needed to?
We both know Obama is an idiot. That still doesn’t give Russia cause to invade a nation that was no possible threat to it.
Ukraine is not a threat to Russia, but NATO in Crimea or Ukraine would be a huge threat to Russia. Russia is protecting itself in the Black Sea, and it's tough to live on the frontier of a major power. Ask Mexico. That's just the way it is.