The other thing that I find troubling is that many of our allies (Germany, France) don't seem at all enthusiastic over the sanctions against Russia. Why? Europ

The other thing that I find troubling is that many of our allies (Germany, France) don't seem at all enthusiastic over the sanctions against Russia. Why? Europe gets a significant amount of their energy from the Russians[0] and any financial pressure from us on Russia is going to hurt them with higher energy prices. I would call their reaction "reluctant". [0] http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/world/europe/how-much-europe-depends-on-russian-energy.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/world/europe/h...