Opinion | What I Wish the U.S. Had Done About Putin Years Ago - And What Biden Should Do Now

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : After all, our hands were full already with Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea. "
43% : Finally, America's cautious posture is rooted in concern about jeopardizing prospects for cooperation in other areas, like arms control, Afghanistan, Iran and climate change.
42% : He has used hybrid warfare and outright invasion to destabilize neighbors like Ukraine and Georgia to try to make them unattractive candidates for membership in NATO and/or the European Union.
40% : In neither case did the U.K., EU or United States impose any sanctions.
39% : The administration might think it can ignore Russia to focus on China or worry that a tougher line toward Moscow would endanger cooperation on arms control, climate change, Iran or Afghanistan.
10% : Meanwhile, outreach by Secretary of State John Kerry, who met regularly with Putin and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov about Iran and other issues, belied Obama's claim that he had isolated Russia and diminished the impact of the sanctions.

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