... and anyone who calls Donestk “the heart of the West” is a moron and a jackass.
I'm pretty sure Putin meant that he is deliberately provoking us to see how we will respond to his actions. Since it is likely that Obama will do nothing, seeing as he is impotent, and the Ukrainians seem content not to offer resistance, I do not think it is a situation in which we need to be involved.
But, the whole of the world expects us to do something. I think they'd better get used to disappointment.
Besides, why would Obama oppose a fellow marxist?