Putin’s Popularity Soars to 87% in the Face of Adversity

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First, Hitler never received a majority in any vote. Second, he immediately saw to it that this necessity was done away with for good. Third, the takeover of Austria was welcomed by a huge majority of Austrians, yes, just like the general policy of "returning" ethnic Germans in neighboring countries "heim ins Reich". But, while he did gain popularity in his first few years, after 12 years he was down and under and dead - very much unlike Putin, who has managed to come back from his all-time low of 54-61 percent last year to 83-87 percent right now.

Hitler started an aggressive war against all of his neighbors, just 6 years after he had (not) "won" the election. Putin never started an aggression against another country, as opposed to his current adversary, the US, who did so very recently and could have stopped the current lunacy by simply not accepting the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine. It is the embedded US military and intelligence personnel that are currently involved in bombing the resistance in the east, not Russia. Despite all the propaganda noise, there is no evidence whatsoever that Russia is directly involved in the fighting or that they provide material support.

Putin is certainly a "cultural conservative", but I'm willing to bet that you will find more conservative politicians even among Democrats. He is certainly not more conservative than most conservatives in Europe, not to mention the crypto-fascists who call themselves "Republicans" in the US.