I’m sorry . . . that was a lazy way of saying, “you must be new to politics and foreign affairs.”
Vietnam combat vet, speak Spanish, worked with Oliver North against Contras in Nicaragua, confidant of Yuri Bezmenov, KGB defector, family friend of Ronald Reagan, etc.
No apology needed.
And completely ignorant of Vladimir Putin. So what’s the excuse?
I’ll accept that admission that your first comment on this thread was a knee-jerk reaction that you didn’t completely think-through . . . given your experience.
Sorry, I don’t believe the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church are a bunch of Communist thugs at heart. Does not compute. The Church has perserved through a myriad of Communist leaders in Russia, and how this guy or any guy can know the hearts of all the Church leaders is beyond me.