[sam_paine]

The whole "mad-man" defense thing has been done before.... but it's a mistake to think that Putin isn't a rational actor. It's an act.

He's playing popular politics to the rowdy side that can keep him in power.

By contrast, in today's America a "deport the foreign cheaters now" candidate who appeals to similar nationalistic support has no political power at all.

[ketsu]

He's playing popular politics to the rowdy side that can keep him in power.

By contrast, in today's America a "deport the foreign cheaters now" candidate who appeals to similar nationalistic support has no political power at all.

ding ding ding.