[1rudeboy]

Whoa. The point is: if someone responds to the accusation that Putin offed some journalists by referring to Breitbart and Hastings, then it's only fair to respond to the accusation that Breitbart and Hastings were offed by Obama by referring to Putin.

You cannot excuse the one and not the other, unless you intend to be hypocritical about it.

[Ohioan]

I am not excusing anybody of any unproven accusation.

I was explaining why many Conservatives think that what we know about Putin is encouraging us to hope that he is moving in the right direction--even as we know that America is moving in the wrong direction.

This is relevant as to why Trump & Putin exchange compliments. It is relevant as to why we should encourage, not discourage, Putin from dealing with Isis. It is relevant to all sorts of other considerations.