In 2008, Sarah Palin stated that Barack Obama's "indecision and moral equivalence" about Russia's invasion of Georgia is "the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next." When she said this, Foreign Policy, "one of the most credible names in international politics and global affairs," ridiculed her statement as "strange" and reported "this is an extremely far-fetched scenario." In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine, and despite repeated requests from the Ukrainian government, President Obama refused to provide them weapons to defend themselves.