The problem is diplomacy. Diplomats are like the politician's politician. If you thought politicians and nationalist leaders tell lies, then consider the diplomat, the consummate liars. Lawyers don't even come close!
"President Obama doesn't seem to know what hit him in Ukraine the past week. He has been thoroughly outmaneuvered by Russian president Vladimir Putin. And yet the U.S. president expresses himself as if he still has something of consequence to say on the matter. The mismatch between the realities on the ground and the nature of the president's pronouncements reveals a president who is out of touch with reality."