[MuttTheHoople]

Seriously, Putin is our opponent and it's in his best interest to bring the U.S. down. You oppose Russia when their interests aren't ours, and at least have a co-belligerent support for him when his interests are the same as our (such as opposing Islam).

That said, you do NOT go around poking the bear, especially when you're a weak, effeminate, thin-lipped, twinkle-toed fairy.

[dfwgator]

I say Obama is even a greater enemy than Putin.

[riverdawg]

“You oppose Russia when their interests aren't ours, and at least have a co-belligerent support for him when his interests are the same as our (such as opposing Islam).”

Exactly. There would seem to be many areas of mutual interest (e.g., opposing radical Islam, stopping the expansion of nuclear-weapons capability) that might serve as a way of reducing tensions between the U.S. and Russia while, at the same time, making clear to Putin that we will oppose with military force his ambition to restore the territorial boundaries of the old Soviet Union.