This guy has no clue what he is doing not what he is up against. First off the biggest challenges the US is up against are from within. Obama and the demoncrat party have made the challenges of economics and life in this country hard. Russia is a gas station they can do what they want because Europe needs them and their oil which is why no one is standing up against them. They are not weak, they are shoring up old territories to have a stronger hold on Europe. The only economic reason Putin wants to take the Ukraine is to control the gas lines. Going forward he just needs the territory under control in order to move forward with reclaiming other former Soviet Empire territories.
What you are seeing here folks is a man in denial making excuses trying to belittle his enemy.