Russian pretty much supplies a shit-ton of energy (oil, natural gas) to much of Europe. I keep reading and hearing that this and that European country won't do shit because they get most of their energy from Russia.

Obama has hampered our oil and natural gas industry as much as he can. Perhaps if we were running at full capacity (Keystone Pipeline, etc.) we could be exporting more to these countries and they'd have more balls.

I'm no expert here, that's for sure, but this seems pretty elementary to me.