I am too lazy.
What was the question and what was the answer?
heh.
Russia: Never to be a Normal Country.
Holy crap. If he said that to me, I think I would run out of the building and hide somewhere.
It’s really screwed up when I agree with Putin (on anything!)and reject just about everything our president says. (small case intended).
This reminds me of an story I read in a Woodward book back in the 80’s. There was a rash of kidnappings by Hezbollah in Beirut in the early 80’s. They made the mistake of kidnapping a Russian. The KGB abducted someone in Hezbollah, cut of his genitals, put them in his mouth and then slit his throat. There were no more kidnappings of Russians after that.
I remember this incident. It was years ago.

Putin is a leader and a martial arts warrior and a real man, qualities I crave in a leader of my country.
Good reply to a stupid Q.
Putin knows how to deal with the threat. Obama could learn something from him!