Donald Trump: Vladimir Putin's praise is 'a great honor'...It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond,"
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
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"I think that I would probably get along with him [Putin] very well."
--Donald Trump, CBS' Face The Nation, Oct 2015
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Meanwhile, among other things...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Russia's push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing itself as a power in the region. ..."
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/140508/russian-arms-military-trade-latin-america
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BY: Bill Gertz
February 20, 2015
Russia agreed to provide military training for three leftist regimes in Latin America and increase military visits and exercises following a visit last week to the region by Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Pentagon officials said. ..."
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-boosts-arms-training-for-leftist-latin-militaries/
That sounds much better than GOP establishment candidates like Rubio, Jeb, and Christie, who are clearly itching to start World War III with Putin for the sake of replacing Assad with Islamist rebels in Syria. Marco Rubio's position of sending troops to overthrow Assad and backing the rebels is more or less the same as Hillary Clinton's prescription for the region. That worked so well in Libya, didn't it?