Try to keep up. It's called a foreign policy that recognizes that Russia is not a two bit nation, has a president that is looking for every opportunity to become a major influence on social-economic policy around the world and the military might to back it up. Apparently that's news to Obama as he was totally unprepared, lacking the diplomacy experience to deal with a savy aggressor like Putin. There was a time when Putin understood that America means business, militarily or otherwise. Obama has proven time and time again that his "red lines" mean nothing, Putin playing him like the cheap suit he really is.So you tell me David, if I had an alternative plan, how would I go about exercising my plan? After all, Russia wasn't even on Obama's radar.Typical liberal Overseas Contingency Operation hawk.