Former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized President Barack Obama on Sunday, saying he failed to consider military options while trying to handle the Ukrainian crisis.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized President Barack Obama on Sunday, saying he failed to consider military options while trying to handle the Ukrainian crisis.

"No military," Cheney said on CBS's "Face The Nation." "He seems to operate that way most of the time. There are military options that don't involve putting troops on the ground in Crimea. We could go back and reinstate the missile defense program that was taken out that was originally going to go in Poland, Czech Republic. Obama took it out to appease [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. We can do joint training exercises with Poland. We can offer military assistance and equipment to the Ukrainians themselves."

Cheney has been a blistering critic of the president, particularly on foreign policy issues, since leaving the vice presidency in 2009. Last March, the Obama administration announced the cancellation of a final stage of a European missile defense program that would've been based partially in Poland, saying the equipment was needed in Alaska to help prevent attacks from North Korea.