Is Vladimir Putin sort of enjoying that he has the US President by the balls? Is that a good thing?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/politics/putin-syria-editorial-reaction/index.html

Anybody can say what they want, Obama bent over for Vlad to save face. And Putin knows it. His OP ED in the New York Times, of all places, has gotten some attention. He clearly is relishing this moment of having put a US president on the defensive.