Read my post and see if you can still say that again.
I thought Putin didn’t like Islamic terrorists. After all, the Chechens cause him trouble. He can’t be supporting terrorists in other places without some of what they are up to coming back to haunt him within Russia.
The pro-Putin crowd cannot accept any criticism of their favorite dictator. They’re psychologically unable to oppose Putin and Obama out of conservative principles. Limited government, rule of law, property rights, separation of powers, and human rights don’t matter. A former KGB man says a few things that imply he has some conservative instincts and they’ve a new hero. To the Putinistas, Putin is great and the Obama is a monster. As if they cannot both be wrong. It’s a juvenile Manichean worldview, but it is what it is.