First maybe Obama ought to provide proof that Russia is doing anything that is as horrible as what the US is already doing in Ukraine. Maybe some actual satellite imaging for one thing, some answers about MH17 which nobody is talking about anymore despite the accusations by the US in the initial moments (could start by causing the investigators to release the voice recordings???).
Where's the proof that Russia is involved in military actions? Just your governments say so? Or the say so of a government that took over via a military coup (as opposed to a democratic vote!!!!)
And tougher sanctions.....hope to do to Russia what America did to Cuba? Screw the Russian people right? And I do recall, Obama himself said 'sanctions DON'T work'......but screw learning from past experience because America wants what America wants.
If you look at the video on this website:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-25/out-my-face-please-why-are-us-soldiers-mariupol
and forward to about 2 mins.36 sec., the soldier wearing the Ukrainian uniform says very plainly to the camera man, 'get out of my face'. Damn, didn't sound like a Ukraine accent at all, most definitely sounded like an American. So is America already doing what you're suggesting they are 'flirting' with? Lethal aid and boots on the ground?
With an American now in the government of Ukraine, Bidens son on the board of Ukraine's largest energy company, not to mention the collusion that saw America sending $5 billion over the past couple years to Ukraine to support the coup, this whole 'thinking about sending lethal aid' is so disingenuous that it is laughable.
Until the world wakes up and sees what the American administration is doing in countries all over the world, we will all sit here with our fingers crossed and hope that WW3 doesn't start.