[1_Rain_Drop]

"Alaska might—if hard pressed, break away from the USA and start the Republic of Alaska, with Putin to back their independence and trade. I could see Sarah Palin out on a moose hunt with Vlad Putin. Maybe Palin could be the First president of an independent Alaska?"

Are you serious?

Putin and Palin on a moose hunt? Do you have any clue who Putin is and how he operates?

Putin will come back from that moose hunt owning Alaska. Palin will never be seen again.

Stop romanticizing about putin. This is how we ended up with that thing in the white hut. OTOH, if you like putin so much, move to russia.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Putin and Palin on a moose hunt? Do you have any clue who Putin is and how he operates?

Putin will come back from that moose hunt owning Alaska. Palin will never be seen again.

Stop romanticizing about putin. This is how we ended up with that thing in the white hut. OTOH, if you like putin so much, move to russia.

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I feel like Spock in the original Star Trek episode with Khan; and everyone is impressed by Khan.

I will never understand the fascination with Putin among freepers. He's a tyrannical dictator, and an enemy of freedom.

He's not even that strong of a leader in the true sense of leadership. He puts up a big show of strength, but in typical Russian fashion resorts having planes shot down and enemies poisoned. Hardly tactics fitting his bravado.