Actually Obama could arguably be imposing (or advocating for) more serious sanctions. While Russia is a military superpower their economy is a basket case. Properly applied sanctions could have an effect in this case.
Yes some sanctions have been applied but they seem to be minor and ineffective
I would agree about the sanctions being minor and ineffective but the same thing could be said about Bush's actions back when Russia invaded Georgia and never left. Doesn't this involve the whole thing about Europe being much more connected economically to Russia than we are?
