DIPLOMACY IN LATE-STAGE HOPE AND CHANGE: “It’s hard to know what he means… other than perhaps: You Americans are so weak compared to us Russians.”

From the comments: “You Americans are weak. Thats his message, and its on CNN which is what everyone abroad considers the official US news media. This is a calculated insult that works very well on third parties. Consider what China did to humiliate Obama. Thats had repercussions already. It is used to undermine US guarantees. Those guys know precisely what they are doing.”