While I have never had any direct dealings with Putin, a former top man in Maine State militia have and he said that Putin was not a man to trifle with.
There dealings had to do with the possibility that Russia would lease the former Brunswick Naval Air Station if after Maine seceded, the US tried to nullify the vote of the people.
When my dad asked if Putin could be trusted, this man said “I think so.”
good post - not based on uniformed, uneducated guesses.
Hmm - I was jesting (half) the other day with a friend that it might be nice if Maine seceded and went with Brunswick - ahahah.
I’d rather see Russia at the base than the 2,000 Somalis O’Bummer tried to force on us - free housing at the Base and free everything else on the taxpayers...and turning Brunswick into another Somali hell hole like Lewiston.
The Russian people, themselves, are very like us. You could take a few Russians out to dinner or anywhere with you - and people would be hard pressed to tell they weren’t natives. We are from the same stock - and we inherit more than just noses and eye color. Certainly more in sync with Russians than Somalis!
My daughter and family (hubby pilot) were stationed at BNA before it closed - and later were ‘on loan’ to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Nova Scotia. If we don’t take this country back soon - I’d rather be in NS - they are wonderful people.
Who knows but what we might all be wise to keep our passports current.