Effing Idiot

Obama told CBS News that the decision by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. to assemble forces on the border may "simply be an effort to intimidate Ukraine, or it may be that they've got additional plans".

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"There's a strong sense of Russian nationalism and a sense that somehow the west has taken advantage of Russia in the past and that he [Putin] wants to in some fashion,… reverse that or make up for that," Obama said.

"What I have repeatedly said is that he may be entirely misreading the west. He's certainly misreading American foreign policy. We have no interest in circling Russia and we have no interest in Ukraine beyond letting Ukrainian people make their own decisions about their own lives."

  

Jesus Christ on a bicycle…what is Obama on? Some Republicans have criticized him for not being harsh enough on Russia, and he wants to, for the eleventy trillionth time, show them what a good Republican he actually is.  Maybe they'll say nice things about him.  Or is he just an idiot?

It could be Putin has troops on the border in case the Ukraine breaks out into a total quagmire, which doesn't seem all that remote a possibility.  It could be Putin has troops on the border to protect Crimea.  It could be Putin has troops on the border because "the west" that he is "misreading" is aligning itself with and supporting the unrest in Ukraine. 

There's a "strong sense" that Obama is a fool, perhaps even a bigger one that his predecessor, if that's possible.  And let's hope that he doesn't create even more destabilization and anti-American sentiment around the world than we've already managed. 

Unfortunately, he's got a few more years to show his incompetence and true colors.