"Mr. Putin moved on Ukraine when Barack Obama was no longer a charismatic character but a known quantity with low polls, failing support, a weak economy. He'd taken Mr. Obama's measure during the Syria crisis and surely judged him not a shrewd international chess player but a secretly anxious professor who makes himself feel safe with the sound of his voice."
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Peggy Noonan, "Warning From the Ukraine Crisis" (16 March 2014), The Wall Street Journal, p. A13
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