Subject: Re: U.S. and Russian Meeting
Also, for the record, someone mentioned Crimea. I can't speak for all, but I was not happy with the Obama response to that (which was anemic, IMO).

I agree the response wasn't nearly appropriate. But Putin didn't start with Crimea. Georgia invasion in 2008 was when he started. Very little world response.

Yes, the tankies were backing Putin, and Putin had shipped in a bunch of Russies, installed a Russian gov, then held referendum which naturally favored Russia. The Muslims there left.