If you think Putin is so swell, would you like to live under him. I mean would you consider relocating to Russia?
I don’t think Putin is swell. If I were a whistleblower revealing secrets of the police state tyranny of the NSA, I’d consider moving to Russia. We had it all and we lost it. You think losers should be rewarded? Next you’ll try to convince me that we play fair. That “fairness” is why Putin will have no problem finding military bases in Latin America and Africa.
I’m not sure how our having it all means that Putin should be able to take over a nearby country. Using that logic, the UK could retake the Republic of Ireland, and many other examples come to mind. Actually, whatever is wrong with the USA is something we should fix, not become so cynical or pessimistic that we’re willing to see an expansionistic autocrat gobbling up neighboring counties to assuage his Mussolini-like ego. America - for good and for bad - is about the struggle to make itself better. Quitting and whining about how we had it all is frankly unmanly and another sign that you might be happier as a leftist.