Reuters has the brief item Exxon says pursuit of Ukraine Skifska block on hold.

Exxon Mobil Corp said its pursuit of the Ukraine Skifska block in the Black Sea has been stalled due to the unrest in that country.

I can’t imagine that an argument about a country that has many pipelines to carry Russian energy to Europe could also include an argument over oil exploration?  When was the last time you can remember that Exxon was driving our foreign policy?  Might that have been yesterday, and the day before that, and …?

Am I jumping to a hasty conclusion here?  The Republicans are wrong that Putin is playing chess while Obama is playing marbles.  They are both playing the game of oil.