Jon Stewart riffs on the serious geopolitical repercussions of Russia's invading the Crimea, which for U.S. America at least boil down to Republicans shouting that Barack Obama is weak -- a manlier president would have gone immediately to Alert Condition Alpha Dawg, making Putin back down, because he's so responsive to what other countries do. As anyone knows, Vladimir Putin would never dare invade another country if a strong manly Republican U.S. President were in office, which is why Putin didn't dare to invade Georgia's breakaway republics in 2008, because he so feared George W. Bush.
First it was Vlad the Impaler, now we have Vlad the Invader.
Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy, and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns.