[gusopol3]

Why does that sound like admiration to you? Yeah, I think his style of leadership is enhanced by showing people that oppose him what he can do to them, no matter where they are. The opposite of George Washington, who is the leader to be admired through the ages. Don’t you suppose Barack Obama’s in your face use of the IRS is the same kind of calculation that drives Putin?

[Tau Food]

Because a competent leader is conscious of his image and knows that being a sneaky serial poisoner just doesn't appeal to a lot of normal people. If he does things like that, he tries not to leave tracks that lead back to him. If he leaves tracks that lead back to him, he has bungled the operation.

[Nifster]

That is so ridiculous. To call out a KNOWN commie KGB man (first, last, and always) by saying ‘well look at what Obama does” is as childish as it gets. One can condemn Putin without supporting O