Leaving the whole sentence alone makes the point I have repeated to you several times. If you wish to misconstrue what I wrote by changing it, or if you wish to misconstrue it after I've explained it to you several times, then I cannot say that you're real concerned with what I wrote.
Defend Putin if you must. He's still a fraud no matter what you say.
OK, I apologize for misreading your quote.
I thought you were holding two mutually exclusive beliefs about Putin, but now I see I had misread all along.