A big difference is that Obama will be replace in just over two years, Putin won’t be so easy to get rid of.
Putin is the only one I think that qualifies. We'll need his courage, intellect and conservatism to defend agains the western worlds' march against faith and family, and its' ultimate sell out to domination by Islamists. .
Can you think of any other as qualified?
He's stuck in your craw because of your hatred of the old time Russians and now because he's reacting to an NATO army we are putting on his border.
Soetoro would be content with passing the Presidency to an America-hating Marixst like Hitlery or Jeb Bush, but I don’t think he’d willingly give up the Presidency if Ted Cruz or another patriot managed to overcome voting fraud and Democrat/GOPe intimidation. Russia’s interests are not good news for America, but Putin has still done some good things for the wrong reasons, which is more than Soetoro can ever say.