If Putin is an enemy of this country, why has he taken the right side on several international issues? Syria is one example. If Putin wanted to weaken us, wouldn’t it have been better for him to get us embroiled in the Syrian civil war?
I just don’t think it’s as simple as it once was during the Cold War era. I could be wrong, but you’ll have to offer more proof of Putin’s ill will toward Americans than simply claiming he’s out to see us enslaved.
“If Putin is an enemy of this country, why has he taken the right side on several international issues? Syria is one example.”
Syria is a proxy and client state of Russia. They buy their weapons, have a Russian base, and follow the dictates of Moscow. Little known fact, but the middle eastern conflict is largely the work of Russia itself. Arafat was working with the KGB, as were many terrorists around the world. Hence why the dissidents in Iran were shouting not just death to Ahmadinejad, but “Death to Russia!” as well.
“I just don’t think it’s as simple as it once was during the Cold War era.”
It’s as simple as it was during the cold war era. I recommend you involve yourself in the writings of the various KGB or other dissidents/defectors who have come over to us from Moscow. The Perestroika did not result in any communsits being brought to justice. They just rebranded themselves as capitalists and democrats, but are neither.