[Zhang Fei]

There are some virtues in the Putin situation; e.g. he’s managed to unite a country.

Gaddafi, Saddam, Khomeini and Arafat were also pretty good in this regard.

[HiTech RedNeck]

In various ways, with various amounts of fallout.

We don’t hear a lot of complaint in Russia about genocide today. Can’t say that about these other chaps. Though even Saddam might be better than the wicked whirlwinds in Iraq today.