When asked simple questions he talks in circles and parables. That way he does not answer the question. He is not a good man, and he is not a patriot of our nation.
I feel the exact same way about Noam Chomsky (a famous leftist) and Henry Kissinger - even if you listen to them for an hour, you can't find anything firm.
its why Putin is succeeding in eating Obama's lunch, even though he works from a much weaker position. He has a very clear decision tree and his advisors probably learned to answer his questions with "yes" or "No."