he was a senator, 129 times, that s not showing the conviction the world wants to rally around this guy. this is a moment we can rally around this guy, all he s done is saying today, you know what, you invaded crimea, here is a slap on the wrist. now they re shooting down plains, innocent people are being killed. he says if you do this again, you face further isolation. i don t think putin is scared of that. bob, do you think we are being too hard on him? i asked you before about the idea of playing it cool somehow to i guess maybe to express the idea that we are not phased by this. however, it seems to me it is like he s afraid to ruffle putin s feathers, because he s afraid of what putin might do. diplomacy and world affairs are complicated. they weren t in the cold war, there were two sides, clear sides, that s the ussr. i would say when people talk about securing this crime scene, how in the world are you doing that without putting american