Obama Lets Sphere of Influence Trump Sphere of Security

Last July vice president Biden stunned the world, and the Kremlin in particular, with his undiplomatic remarks made to the Wall Street Journal that America holds all the cards in its dealings with Russia; that Russia is a weak and withering country collapsing from within economically and demographically; and that Moscow would bend to America's will in loosening its grip on former Soviet republics, on reducing its nuclear arsenal and in reining in Iran and ending its nuclear weapon's program. This was the same Joe Biden who said last Fall that Obama had a "spine of steel" and would withstand any test and meet any challenge to our national security and world preeminence.

Contrast Biden's remarks to the events of last week where...