“putin’s a joke”
Methinks you doth protest too much. If you really thought Putin is an insignificant “joke,” you wouldn’t be wasting your time sputtering about him on this thread. You give all the signs of somebody who’s frustrated over Putin’s effectiveness in incinerating jihadis in Syria
You aren’t John McCain, are you?
I would like to see Russia put forward a leader who is competent enough to improve his country. Twenty years ago, the Russian people were well-educated. Russia could have become a first-rate economic nation. There has been no excuse for a leader to run that country into the ground. But, that's what Putin has done.
Look at the ETF for the Russian stock market in the last five years. Are you sure that this the work of genius?
I am an American, but I also have to live on this planet. Why shouldn't we care when we see an incompetent leader of a major nation acting like a fool? This man has nuclear weapons. What happens in the mind of an incompetent megalomaniac when repeated failures force him into a corner? We don't know, but we might find out.
What should a leader do when he finds that he's associated with folks who use his weapons to shoot down a commercial airliner full of innocent people and then loot the crash site? Should he just lie about the whole thing? All you have to do is read this thread to see that there are screwballs out here who really seem to believe Putin's baloney.
There is a real problem with this guy. How can sensible people cheer for him?