The Putinistas will be along soon to tell us what great guy Putin is. Meanwhile, we’ve a fool in the White House, an aggressively anti-American authoritarian president-for-life in charge of Russia, and a bunch of mad mullahs running Iran who are all part of the perfect storm of bringing down the West.
I respect Mr. Putin—like the way British Tommies respected Iwin Rommel-—He’s a typical strong man. I do believe he loves his country and will do anything for the Motherland even if it means stepping on his neighbors. He’s in it for Russia. Great Guy? Great like Alexander who got the title by killing his foes in Greece and Persia and outfoxing them. Better to compare him to Ivan the Terrible (In Russian Terrible is more like our word Awesome). Ivan set up the “Black Horse” The first secret police. For all his faults, Ivan did love his nation and worked hard to make her great—even if it ment lots of folks died.