There is no moral equivalence between Putin the dictator and our Republic. Obama is gone in 17 months. Comparing Putin to Obama is apples to oranges. Obama is a terrible leader who is undermining and transforming this country, but we are dealing with Russia and American strategic national interests. I am rooting for America in this fight.
0bama is most certainly the equivalent to Putin, only worse. More than half of the US population is against what 0bama is doing.
He violates his oath of office daily, ignores US law, and targets American citizens for punishment if they disagree with him.
0bama is starting wars around the world to further his muzzy agenda.
And America is totally unable to get “in this fight” until he is gone.
You can argue until you're blue in the face, but until you can convince people in other countries that we're still the "good guys", we are witnessing the slow beginnings of the beginning.
And I think our inside people know this. The only option is war with not one, but two+ nuclear equipped adversaries. We won't pull the trigger, and they will simply but surely continue filling the void.
To be honest, one can be fairly stoic/philosophical about this: was the USA to last forever? If not, when/how would it decline? Aren't all the pieces that one would cite now in position? So why would anyone be surprised that it's occurring now?