In response to the recent events...

...in the Ukraine, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said, “We have a weak and indecisive president that invites aggression. President Obama needs to do something!”

In his column in the New York Times this morning, Nicholas Kristoff reminds us that:

The Soviet Union didn’t invade Hungary because of President Eisenhower’s weakness, nor Czechoslovakia because of President Johnson’s weakness. Russia didn’t help dismember Moldova because of George H.W. Bush’s weakness or invade Georgia because of George W. Bush’s.

It's time for everyone to take a deep breath.