[FreeReign]

You agreed with that poster that the West is dying and Putin aims to fill in the vacuum.

I don't mean to mischaracterize what you think, so let's try this.

I think Putin certainly wants to fill the power vacuum left by the West.

However I don't think Putin could ever fill the liberty vacuum left by the West.

Do you agree?

[Aria]

The West is in big trouble...at least Putin is trying to advance Russia, not cute it “down to size” the way our POTUS has been doing. Not that I agree with him particularly...

He may very well fill a vacuum - who is going to stop him?

I don’t believe I ever inferred that Putin would be as beneficial to the world as we’ve been.