How to Think About Vladimir Putin

Imprimis, Hillsdale College ^ | March 2017 | Christopher Caldwell

[Navy Patriot]

Interesting.

[bert]

Putin’s primary task is to keep Mother Russia from dying

[Bogie]

http://www.unz.com/pbuchanan/is-putin-the-preeminent-statesman-of-our-times/

[Bogie]

http://www.unz.com/pbuchanan/is-putin-the-preeminent-statesman-of-our-times/

[exDemMom]

Um... I don’t think much about Putin at all. Who are the conservatives that supposedly think of Putin as a hero? I’ve never seen that sentiment expressed anywhere.

I think the author of this piece is a bit of a nutjob. At least, judging by this example of his writing.

[Chengdu54]

Great essay. Putin is not my enemy.

[ClearCase_guy]

I don't think Putin is a hero. But he is clearly a nationalist.

In the world today, leaders are either Globalists or Nationalists.

I feel I understand why many Russians like Putin. I recently voted for a Nationalist and was proud to do so.

[Navy Patriot]

It is a bit long, but have a little patience and read it through, it is worthwhile.

[Bogie]

Looks nowadays like we are having problems with enemy domestic.

[BroJoeK]

from the article: "Vladimir Putin is a powerful ideological symbol and a highly effective ideological litmus test.
He is a hero to populist conservatives around the world and anathema to progressives.
I don’t want to compare him to our own president, but if you know enough about what a given American thinks of Putin, you can probably tell what he thinks of Donald Trump."

Total leftist rubbish.
No American conservative admires dictators, leftist or "right-wing" or anything else.
US conservatism is the opposite of dictatorship, we value US Constitution, freedom, law and the Bible.
None of that corresponds to Putin.

The only thing we might grudgingly admit is that Putin defends his country, and we'd like our President to do likewise.
But so did Stalin, Hitler & Mao Tse-Tung defend their countries, and nobody suggests they are admired today.

[Navy Patriot]

Great essay. Putin is not my enemy.

Putin is not the enemy of Civilization or Christianity, either.

[Navy Patriot]

Putin’s primary task is to keep Mother Russia from dying

Seems he is succeeding.

[nathanbedford]

My excuse to republish my vanity about how we should react to Vladimir Putin and his relationship to us.

[honurider]

Good article

[Navy Patriot]

Thanks Bogie, ... is Ron Unz welcome on FR?

[rbg81]

That is my take. There are obviously still Socialists and Communists, but the Globalists have made common cause with them. In fact, I’ve thought for a long time that the Marxists have co-opted the Globalist movement.

Increasingly, the real fight is between the Nationalists and Globalists. Personally, I stand with the Nationalists.

[Navy Patriot]

OK, excuse accepted, your stuff is always pretty good anyway.

[bert]

you are correct

Barack obama is a greater enemy to America than Vladimer Putin

[Navy Patriot]

Yep, I favor traditional American Nationalism.

[Navy Patriot]

Agreed.