I don’t think that they believe he is the savior of the West, it is just that they seem to be taking the position that won’t go to bat for Obama just to stick it to Putin.
They seem to be taking the position of not caring much for Putin or Obama, or sticking to the point that we need to stay out of the Ukraine mess, given Obama’s foreign policy touch, or are saying that given the military that Obama has at his disposal, he can drag on these endless wars (13 years and running) far longer than Putin could if Putin were to try to do what has gone on from 2001 until now.
Russia doesn’t have the GDP that we have and wouldn’t make it 5 years - it would be bled dry.
Oh no there actually are folks here (not many but a few) that are of the opinion that Putin is a good Christian man who is defending the slackers in the west from fill in the blank (because there are so many possibilities).
I have read their posts here and have been roundly chided by them because I don’t agree that Putin is a wonderful man