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13. He's not a maniac, but even the shrewdest lose sight of their own limitations. nt

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Wed Mar 12, 2014, 08:06 PM

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Is Vladimir Putin insane? Hardly [View all] bemildred Mar 2014 OP

One thing for sure --- He is a bare knuckle fighter warrant46 Mar 2014 #1

Pretty sure Mickey O'Neil could take him Scootaloo Mar 2014 #27

Great movie. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #28

I know, right? Scootaloo Mar 2014 #29

No your taste is impeccable warrant46 Mar 2014 #30

As I understand it, what a pretty solid percent of Russians appreciate about him, is he is decisive. Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #2

Yeah, he addresses their ego-deficits. bemildred Mar 2014 #3

No, not really. Igel Mar 2014 #4

you might have to draw a picture of your last paragraph before I can figure it out. yurbud Mar 2014 #7

Sometimes there are no good guys. Usually, in politics, I would say. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #8

that is true--and it makes it easy to demonize anyone without lying yurbud Mar 2014 #18

Yep, they are all telling the truth, just being selective. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #22

commies would point to our abuse of blacks and Indians, which were true yurbud Mar 2014 #24

It should be interesting to see what advice the intelligence services had about this too. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #5

he is easily the smartest politician alive. We've got the money, media, allies yurbud Mar 2014 #6

If we really want to fuck Putin: free and fair elections in Ukraine, bemildred Mar 2014 #9

I agree, Putin would be screwed. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #10

or government may allow our even encourage a fair election but if the results are wrong yurbud Mar 2014 #11

I suppose. I'm trying to argue a different approach. bemildred Mar 2014 #12

in our dealings with Russia, we've gone back to how Europe treated Germany after WW I yurbud Mar 2014 #16

Yep. A new cold war sounds good to some. bemildred Mar 2014 #17

if they are successful, there will be no history. yurbud Mar 2014 #19

Ok, if there is a future History. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #21

He's not a maniac, but even the shrewdest lose sight of their own limitations. nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #13

Don't we all. bemildred Mar 2014 #14

Eh, I don't see it, it was a Foreign Policy piece, but maybe it's too fuzzy now. bemildred Mar 2014 #15

Merkel never said Putin is unhinged. Germany was not pleased with that White House BS Catherina Mar 2014 #20

+100000000000000 nt. polly7 Mar 2014 #23

Wow. jsr Mar 2014 #32

There's the complicity of those *reliable* sources like the New York Times Catherina Mar 2014 #33

Putin may not be Hitler.....but he sure is corrupt! AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #25

Eh, he ain't THAT interesting. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #26

I suspect the biggest 'problem' with Putin has nothing to do with his "dictatorship" Lodestar Mar 2014 #31

+1. It's the same crowd too. Without exception n/t Catherina Mar 2014 #34