[Berlin_Freeper]

The problem we have with Putin is that in the old days of the USSR the leadership were political entities. While they did not have to be concerned about support of the people they still needed to play the political game among themselves to remain in the graces of power. So they came up in the system with at least some awareness of political boundaries.

But with Putin that is not the case. What we have with Putin is a man that came up in the KGB by projecting an unpolished animal instinct and probably always resented the any chain of restraint from those in power. Well, now Putin is the power and still an animal that resents restraint.

[goldstategop]

In those days, the KGB served the Party. Today, the renamed FSB - the "siloviki" - run the country and are effectively a law unto themselves, answerable to no one.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."