I trust Putin more than I trust John McCain. Regardless, I’m pretty much all through with constructing global enemy myths.
That's insane on the face of it.
You would take away McCain's senate vote and give it to Putin?
And you would expect Putin to vote for more US national defense?
Chengdu54: "Regardless, I’m pretty much all through with constructing global enemy myths."
This at a time when the globe has never been effectively smaller, and so the idea of "global enemy" never less problematic?
Between "global enemies" vs. "global competitors" vs. "global frenemies" today one can quickly make a long list, beginning with Islamic terrorists, Russian & Chinese expansionists, international socialists, globalists, climate changers, etc., etc.
It is simply fact, not myth, that Russians can, have & do challenge US interests in many regions around the globe.
Of course Putin's threats are not to be compared with Stalin's Soviet Communism, but they are threats none-the-less, and must be effectively countered.
Sure, nobody says we must go to war against Putin, absent some egregious military adventure into a Russian neighbor, but we must not let our guard down, ever.
So, your suggestion of making Putin chairman of the US Senate Armed Services Committee in place of John McCain is beyond the realm of rational thought.