In the light of the two tweets below---just what is the US strategy?---still focus on the IS and Syria bombings?--- when the barn in central Europe is burning down, your role as NATO leader has been openly challenged and you ideas of "soft power" have be bluffed by Putin.
If the current US senior political leadership in the WH cannot hold a major press conference and show the world the supporting US classified intel, point the finger directly at Putin as a lair first class and then pull the trigger on the toughest sanctions available---then pack it in and simply declare the US is ready to go into isolation from the world and they really do not care and the idea of rule of law and good governance was simply propaganda.
Senior leadership is all about leading not hiding and silence---and the use of force and or to threaten the use of force on occasions has to be done in the name of global security.
But see Putin has disdain for Obama and views Obama as being a weak leader and afraid of tough decisions---and his failing to follow up on his own red lines contributes to that image.
There was an interesting blog late last night that projected the line of defense the Russians were setting up that ran from the Ukrainian coastline to Kaliningrad---notice that would in effect create the "buffer" Russia claims for itself.
But it effectively isolates the entire Baltics from the rest of NATO and effectively sets them up for the UW doctrine Russia is using against the Ukraine.---ie the Putin Doctrine.
My concern is Poland as they themselves no longer trust both NATO and the US to take their security concerns seriously---and the Polish Army is well trained and equipped and next door to the Ukraine
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#NATO intervention in #Ukraine is highly unlikely, but there is still headroom to significantly escalate economic sanctions - @RobinNiblett
Russian troops are 'directly involved' in fighting in Ukraine, US ambassador to Kiev claims
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