What he really means is that Putin is a threat to decadent Western liberalism...
There, fixed it.
I’d like to see you explain how the counter to “decadent Western liberalism” is the embrace of a strongman. Unless he can make the trains run on time, of course.
......”Russia’s aggression in Ukraine should not be understood as an opportunistic power grab. Rather, it is an attempt to politically, culturally, and militarily resist the West”.....
Well now that they’ve spit that out do you think we might get a more level playing field with the “old war” mentality here on FR?...and they aren’t the only ones playing those cards.
When you view the people throughout Ukraine you can see that many of them also carry that mentality....Putin let’s the Russian segment believe this to a point, which is why Crimea went down as it did..... while at the same time Putin plays to Europe/Nato/US that they have been doing by scooping up the Baltics etc. is really the same thing. But you note the media says very little about this as it’s wired to be anti-Russian..it too has many of the Old war mentality.
Did you hear Putins 4 hour q&E?.....Course you have to understand he’s playing to his audiance of course...but dang...he uses no notes and went on for 4 hours answering questions and explaining where he stood and why. I don’t agree with him most of the time...but I do understand where he’s coming from and why.
I don’t think Ukraine will ever be more than what it has been...always a flash point...always in debt as a welfare state...and incapable of handling it’s affairs rightly. Too many crooks even in this next election...and too many on the take.