Bammy wants World War III to distract us?
"Benghazi is looking bad?? I know!! I'll start WWIII! That way no one will get angry with me!"
His weakness and compliant flexibility make war much more likely.
That would be the only possible result of any military move by the west, since the Russians can’t back down here.
That's merely the by product of what he's going for. He's channeling his inner FDR now. The ghost of Lincoln is moving on. What better way to complete fundamental transformation than by nationalizing and centralizing every aspect of private industry and enterprise via a global conflict? What better way to deal with those bitter clingers than suspending rights guaranteed under the Constitution and instituting marshall law in the name of national security?
Never let a good crisis go to waste.