Russia will "isolate itself." America will not actively isolate Russia -- no, it will just happen (Obama hopes). … this statement is so weak, so fearful of itself, it can't even state a vaguery in a straightforward manner. Even the vaguery must be couched in the passive voice. Even Obama's gauze comes shrouded by haze. Combining those statements together, I can't see how anyone in the Kremlin could fail to read this as an American greenlight for just about anything Russia wishes to do.