Confidence in Putin

Sadly, I have more confidence in Russia's Vladimir Putin to properly handle the situation in the Ukraine than I do in Western leaders including US President Barack Hussein Obama. Putin may be Machiavellian, but he at least is willing to protect the national interests of Russia, while Western leaders project indecision, and worse yet, weakness. Putin is playing chess while Western leaders are learning checkers with the exception of Obama, who is still badly tossing out the first pitch in mom jeans. Let us hope that no accidents or miscalculations take place that force Putin to show the world what real strength is.