Russia and Snowden sitting in a tree...

[Duchess]

The Russian respects strength, not cowardice and people who back down.

*ETA, and who exactly is instigating who?

So by not aiming some missiles at them is going to be viewed as cowardice & backing down? I'm not interested in having a leader who shoots his mouth off & maybe makes threatening gestures in order to get a point across. I think there is a way to get things accomplished without veiled threats or innuendo...but what the hell do I know about this kind of thing, nothing.