Has the US government nationalized the biggest oil company in the country like Putin did in Russia? The entire Russian economy is based on oil and gas and the Kremlin runs it. The US government does not control the US oil and gas industries, or any of the other major US industries either.
Obama only wishes he had as much dictatorial power as the tyrant Putin does.
Yes, you’re right. Most of the Putinistas on Freerepublic hate Obama but ignore that he wishes he had the power that Putin has. Obama is cut from the same cloth.