re: I want Putin to win but not hurt Obama in doing it.

The best part of this is all the people who suddenly care about Ukraine. Who really gives a flying frick what Russia does there? Does it really matter to you if Putin wants to waterboard the whole country? I do not think the US should be sending money or anything else there. The whole place is and always be a suburb of Russia, let them fix the problems they create and send the financial support or deal with the fallout.