As it turns out, the real failure was that after four years in office, the Obama adminstration failed to see that Russia is the one guilty of Cold War thinking:
"Gov. Romney, I'm glad you recognize al-Qaeda is a threat, because a few months ago when you were asked what is the biggest geopolitical group facing America, you said Russia — not al-Qaeda. And the 1980's are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back — because the Cold War has been over for 20 years.
Romney just had the guts to point out that the reset was a farce. But our voters chose to reelect Barack Obama.
Is Ukraine where Putin is going to collect that post-election "flexibility" that President Obama promised the Russians?