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Obama is handling the situation like a hanging johnny that can't do a thing. He is acting like a cuckold whose bride is being taken by a Great White...And he is at fault for allowing himself to be perceived as being a cuckold by Putin. Obama has all the power in the world and he squanders it..it is a lame excuse to think that he can not do something...and your excuse is...how is going to be paid for.

Obama and crew should have thought about the day when they might need to have some spare credit or money in the bank instead of their 872B Stimulus Bill that accomplished exactly how many shovel ready jobs? Go back in my record and you will see that I said that if they passed that business as usual bill they would not have the credit reserve in the future if another crisis would occur...Well today some of that credit reserve would have come in handy.

Putin made the move because he sees that the USA is strapped by deficit and debt and that makes the USA partially impotent to do anything.

However there are things that can be done through competent leadership that can ameliorate the situation. Putins hand is not all that strong when compared to the assets and position of the USA. It is all in the application of the assets...