this isolation deepens. sanctions will expand and the toll on russia's economy as well as its standing in the world will only increase. >> president obama wednesday delivering the keynote address of his european tour, a trip meant to rally western allies in opposition of vladimir putin's illegal annexation of crimia. will the president's words cause the kremlin to think twice about its next move? back with dan henninger, matt comiskey and bret stevens. bret, was the president able to rally united western response to putin? >> in a sense, yes, because there was relatively little appetite among europeans to take a firm stance. anything more than a rhetorical stance against putin to release