Vladimir Putins and Barack Obama

Barack Obama: Harper, they argue, is aligned with a U.S. president, Barack Obama, who impotently watches his self-imposed red lines crossed time and again, and European leaders who will huff and puff then buckle in the face of their Russian energy needs, according to The Star. Vladimir Putins ambassador here sneers that western sanctions would allow Russia to prosper. Look at the map, says Georgiy Mamedov. China awaits Russian oil and With Crimea neatly tucked back into the Russian fold , it has become fashionable in some circles to characterize Stephen Harper and his U.S. and European allies as a feckless bunch kicking pebbles at a bully. The Canadian prime minister, critics assert, is merely shouting and wagging his finger, freezing the assets and banning the travel of a couple dozen low-level oligarchs while playing domestic politics, bellowing at a Russian strongman to protect his flank with 1.2 million Canadians of Ukrainian descent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.