It would be nice to have an ally with an "I don't give a f***" attitude to do some of the "dirty work" and deflect criticism from Bush.
Yes indeed,and the Russians don't have a large fifth column of liberals and "peaceniks" to answer to. The Russian people haven't as a whole been mentally corrupted like that,as far as I can tell. They still have perfectly logical reactions to people killing their loved ones,especially their children-kill the killers.
That's too much for our native "nuanced" liberals to understand.