I suspect the US foreign policy establishment must be really pissed off at the way the EU (and Merkel) has handled Ukraine. Total fantasist rookies, if you ask me.

Mutual scapegoating? In the other pan of the balance put Victoral Nuland, $5 billion in US aid, the US AID,l and everything else that came up with a bunch of foaming fascists and flag-waving Nazis as their accomplishment. Is it even clear that the US opposed the EU's 'us or them' offer? I suspect the focus was on who would get the prize.  

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."