Everybody knows that Putin is BAD,

[sabrina 1]

115. Maybe I can help you understand. When US policies are harmful to the American people, anyone who

loves this country is going to speak out against those policies.

Eg, when Bush lied to get the US into the invasion of Iraq people who loved their country did everything they could to stop him.

We failed. Partly due to the fact that he got support from Partisan, Loyal Republicans who called those of us who loved this country enough to try to save it from his destructive policies, 'Saddam Lovers', see, it was hard for them to see why anyone would not just blindly support their 'country' and the only reason they could think of, supplied for them by the Right Wing Noise Machine who told them what to think, had to be because we 'loved Saddam'.

I don't know, but I am assuming since you are here, YOU understood that Democrats, DUers, did not 'love Saddam' and were NOT 'Blame America Firsters' another of their labels to use against Americans who did not support Bush's harmful policies.

So why now, assuming you opposed Bush policies back then, would you join the Wing Nut brigade in their belief that people who are once again opposed to policies that are harmful to this country, must be 'Putin Lovers'?

It is simply a lie, period. THIS is the country that should be OUR concern. Let Russians worry about Russia, and Iraqis worry about Iraq, Venezuelans worry about Venezuela, Libyans worry about Libya, because this country is being drained of its ability to take care of THIS country due to our 'concerns' for every country in the world, other than our own.

This country has the potential to be a shining light to the rest of the world. THAT is what anyone who cares about it wants it to be. Not running around the world with our bombs and torture chambers, and war criminals, killing innocent people, losing all moral authority to be an EXAMPLE of how great a country we and others who chose to follow that example, can be.

Signed, Sabrina, Saddam/Putin/Gadaffi/Assad/fill in the all the other adorable dictators I left out, Lover, Cheerleader, Fan, etc etc

THAT is what this OP is about.