Barack Obama's Diary:I Join the Pantheon of Wae

Dear Diary:  I'm pumped up after my courageous stand against Vlad Putin and his invasion of Ukraine. ""There will be a cost  for any intervention Ukraine" I warned him, my voice ringing with conviction.   I am at my  best at times like this, devising briliiant military strategies , drawing on the principles of  Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli and the great warrior Presidents Washington and Eisenhower.  When Secretary Hagel called  and  asked what he should do with all the Ruskie troops whooping it up in Kiev.  I quoted Sun Tzu to him: "Appear  strong when you are weak and appear weak when you are strong...." But enough about me....