No problem, I figured as much, having seen your posting history over the years. I didn’t take it personally.
I cannot understand how any American, holding American values, could regard that KGB piece of crap Putin with anything less than total contempt.
Having read “The Gulag Archipelago” more than a few times in my life, I have the measure of that scumbag. He is who he is, and hopefully for not much longer.
I very much agree with you!