[Rashputin]

Given that Putin was a minor player in the KGB and Bush 41 was head of the CIA, by your logic it's reasonable for most of the world to see the US as a threat to them since we welcome CIA chiefs as President.

If the US can't make a reasonable arrangement to be at peace with and cooperating with Russia on a broad range of problems it's going to unnecessarily cost us a lot of blood and treasure just like not listening to them about Afghanistan has.

[ETL]

Given that Putin was a minor player in the KGB and Bush 41 was head of the CIA, by your logic it's reasonable for most of the world to see the US as a threat to them since we welcome CIA chiefs as President.

You're equating the CIA to the Russian KGB?