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I think you must be missing my point. There are plenty of suspicious circumstances in the deaths of Russian journalists. And my point, precisely, is why should I give Putin a pass when I'm asked to give Obama strict scrutiny?

We're actually on the same page here. I agree with you. Putin may indeed have some sort of involvement in the deaths of Russian journalists (although personally I think that being the KGB type he is, he would choose to delegate and compartmentalize that sort of data and awareness so far as "who knows, and who doesn't" just to give him even semi-plausible deniability).

However even IF Putin is the founder of the "Kill-A-Journalist-A-Month Club", which we should rightly condemn, that doesn't mean he isn't right on other unrelated issues, i.e., going after Islamic terrorists and sending them on to their 72 Helen Thomas' in the hereafter.

We didn't approve or condone of how Stalin abused and mistreated the Russian people during World War II, but we made him our ally because it just so happened that the Red Army was the only thing standing between stopping Hitler and watching the Nazi's march on to Vladivostok. Churchill (and I presume FDR) considered Stalin to be a thug, but if a thug is the only one who can help you win the day, you do what you have to do.