Since Mr. Putin set his sights on Crimea America has been: outsmarted, out maneuvered, out-hustled, out-thought, and outright embarrassed —or at least those few Washington politicians who even know the where and what of Crimea are mortified.
Every day January 2016 gets closer —the problem is it can’t get here fast enough to avoid all the embarrassments and stop the decline in America’s prestige in the world. Most of us learned as boys on the school ground that if you are going to threaten another kid, make sure you have the cojones to back it up. Time and time again, our current president has opened his mouth only to have his threat bite him in the buttocks.
American voters have managed to saddle the nation with a rookie who is completely out of his depth. To make matters worse, he has surrounded himself with equally inept and dysfunctional helpers.
Two cases in point —first he selected the First Housewife as Secretary of State, and she flew around the world for four years, accomplishing nothing of substance and was directly or indirectly responsible for probably the biggest fiascos of the 21st century. For this she received the 2013 Liberty Medal! In fairness, it was a lifetime achievement award, so her aid to her husband during his various dalliance problems factored into the selection.
Boy, have the political winds shifted. Last month, 
