If you remember the Russia before 1992, surely no one wants to allow a recreation of that, especially as darkness descends on the world, Putin is a part of the forces that are bringing darkness on the world, and God forbid that he succeed in becoming the monster that he hopes to become.
I lived several years in the United Kingdom. My home was 15 miles of Heathrow Airport, 18 miles from RAF Strike Command in High Wycomb, 17 miles from an RAF-USAF base with nuclear armed cruise missiles, and 15 miles from the UKs production site for plutonium for nuclear bombs. At that time we lived with the reality that a war with Russia would result in our very immediate death if lucky but certain death by radiation poisoning shortly after hostilities.
Ronald Reagan defeated and destroyed the evil empire that held the Sword of Demascoules above our heads. The weakness of the Obama administration has allowed the evil empire to again threaten the world.
Actually relative to Obama I do not think it is weakness, but according to his plan.