You know, I think your right, If and only if Putin had American Conservative rather than Russian values.
But the same could be said of most strong leaders.
That being said I very much withhold any judgement on Putin and his Russian values as I know little to nothing about him and what those values are.
The only thing that bothers me is the utter wast of our involvement. We only stand to lose by supporting the Ukraine against Russia. The Ukraine has nothing we want or could ever need. Russia on the other hand has a whole lot of things we want and will need.
Really great speech, BTW: