The man is confused. The issues were that the League of Nations was a failure and the United Nations is a failure. One could not oppose the dictator (Hitler - U.S. was not in the League of Nations) and one would not oppose the dictator (Saddam, as the UN failed in its own powers of enforcement). The applicable analogy in both cases was how ineffectual the institutions were; there is no analogy between Hitler and Bush. Hitler was attempting to expand his dictatorship, Bush was putting one down.
"Putin only furthered Russia’s maverick identity when he recently announced that the SVR (Russia’s civilian intelligence service) will, due to “growing imbalances” between Russia and other intelligence-gathering countries and “the international situation and internal political interests,” markedly increase its intelligence-gathering operations.
Which corresponds precisely with recent UK complaints that both China and Russia have greatly increased their intelligence operations in Britain.
It concludes with the question:
"With Putin still in power, will the United States and Russia find an opportunity to revisit, revive, and repair relations? Or will the United States, already overwhelmed with international crises and an unpopular war, ignore the fearless bear in its backyard and unwittingly help usher in a new era of uncertainly over the future of U.S.-Russian relations?
The UK needs to deal with its own vast problems and stop pestering Russia, a natural ally in the war on Islamic terror.
It would be disastrous and incredibly naive to not forge a strong dynamic alliance with Russia.
Aging cold warriors need to retire or they will end up as shills for the carnegie endowment for “peace” bending over obediently for the international pimp Soros.
Everything you need to know about Putin can be answered with one bit of knowledge. If there is a political choice to make, Russia will choose whichever choice either sustains the high price of oil or drives it higher.