I glanced at the headlines and sub-headlines on the MSNBC banner web page and my local newspaper web page , and I saw no protest of Putin’s actions by the UN, European leaders, or “world opinion.” Obama’s tepid warning was about it. Can you imagine the world outcry if the US had invaded northern Mexico to quash uprisings caused by drug overlords or some such thing?
You don’t even need to create a hypothetical invasion of Mexico since there are regions along the border that lie within US territory that are no-mans-lands controlled by drug cartels.