I think conservatives need to take a breath when it comes to the lionization of Vladimir Putin. If your objective is to show how hapless Barack Obama is by contrasting him with his geopolitical adversary, then yeah, Putin is clearly 12 steps ahead of Obama and quick to seize on the opportunities provided by Obama’s frequent strategic mistakes and poor instincts. But let’s not lose sight of this: Putin is a perpetrator of global mayhem. However much we enjoy demonstrating Obama’s weakness for partisan purposes, the fact remains that it’s not in the interests of the United States (or of free nations anywhere) if Putin keeps using Russia’s military muscle to expand its influence as he is doing right now in Ukraine. You can respect your adversary, but can we give it a rest with the Putin-now-that-guy’s-a-president-we-should-have-him-here crap? A better perspective on Putin comes from Congressman Mike Rogers, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee and delved into some actual steps the U.S. could be taking to counter Russia’s aggression:
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