Well written, yes, but accurate? Only time will tell.
While it’s fashionable to demonize and even make fun of Putin, he remains a leader with great control, resources, and a vision for the future that people like this author and the rest of us can only guess at. That Putin is firing whatever shots he’s firing at the same time that the US is led by a feckless narcissist is no coincidence.
I suppose one could have said the same of Chavez.
You’re talking about a four-time elected president of Russia. Do some Russians dislike him? Sure they do, but his popularity is borderline diety with the Russian populace, and most of his dissent that gets recorded is the kinds of people we would view as nuts. With the Russians, Putin has a very good PR campaign. And what’s sad is that he actually runs the opposing team in a fairly orderly manner, while our nation is controlled by a college fraternity/sorority packed into one.