He strikes me as sensible. I am of the view his solution has merit - if the West recognizes Russia has interests in Ukraine and any political solution protects all Ukrainians, ensures equal rights for them and entrenches real autonomy for both Ukrainian and Russian speaking people in the country and guarantees Russia a guardian role there.
Forcing Russia to capitulate will never work. No Russian will accept the decadent West and its corrosive liberal values that eat away like acid at traditional society. I side with Putin on this. I am convinced in the long run only conservative values will guarantee human happiness and prosperity. Russia is hated because it stands up for them and won’t entertain nonsense like gay marriage, wealth redistribution and climate change parroted in the West.
I see far more propaganda from our MSM than I do in this article.
What type of conservative values does Putin truly represent? Putin’s Christianity is as sincere as Obama’s was when he sat in the Reverend Wright’s church. Putin could stop abortion in Russia tomorrow. He has that much power. He won’t. At best he represents the traditionalism and conservatism of a benign autocrat, a Czar in a suit. His is the conservatism of a chauvinist. At worst he represents a former KGB Colonel out to restore the Soviet Empire while allowing no freedom at home. He’s not like Franco; he’s showing himself to be an expansionist. He’s provides advanced weapons to Iran and Syria; he has provided weapons that would endanger Israel. So the idea that Putin is a member of the Edmund Burke club is absurd.
Hey, why don’t you just paste shirtless Putin on a pony ?