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To: DoughtyOne
Your criteria for judging Russian leaders is different than mine. Nationalist, populist, quasi-dictatorship strongmen (and women, see Catherine the Great) has been the hallmark of Russian leadership since the Tsars.

Putin has made Russia into a world power that right now, may even eclipse our own. US generals have already conceded that Russia could defeat us in a conventional war. How or who Putin manipulated, secretly assassinated, or connived his way into that status isn't up for debate.

40 posted on 09/23/2016 5:40:51 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I’m not buying that version of Russia’s military power at all.

How many carriers does it have? What’s it’s sea worthiness overall?

Haven’t I read some articles here about his carrier in the Mediterranean? It wasn’t too flattering.

He’s rattling his sabre like a bully on a playground.

It’s downright childish.

He’s not a great leader. He’s a little dictator wanna be.


42 posted on 09/23/2016 5:46:47 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Forty-six days until we take measures to end this nightmare. Trump, for the Free World...)
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