“Putin is laughing hysterically as the West commits cultural suicide.”
I doubt that. At the end of the day, the US, Europe and Russia should be in the same trench fighting off the Islamic nihilists. One Worlders in D.C. and Brussels have fomented this division on purpose. Russia could not stand alone against an Islamic or Globalist West, Central Asia and an indifferent at best China which covets Russian land.
Agreed. Bit of hyperbole but Putin from the beginning understood the harm to Western Culture from the jihadists and an Islamic culture that is crumbling into chaos and violence as it is unable to cope with modernity. Soon the West will experience the consequences of their politically correct rants as the destitute but still fervent Muslims ferment further in the lands formerly known as Christendom. Yet you are right that at some level Putin is frightened since his long time enemies ( which has never really been NATO) continue to strengthen. Perhaps that is why he finally realized that a debilitating fight with his cultural cousins the Ukrainians was foolish and he is now directing his efforts to prevent nearby Syria from becoming a jihadist state and a haven for terrorists.