Yup, in hindsight Bush was fooled too. So why are so many other still duped?
I think the rest of your analysis in the previous post was right on target.
There are people in the US who have been spiritually devastated and economically destroyed by Obama and they had to look and maybe even hope for a strong world leader.
However, Putin is simply a product of the Russian mindset, Russian paranoia and Russia’s demand for a dictator.
One day Putin will be gone, but the Russian paranoia will live for a thousand more years.
We cannot drag Russia into the 21st century when they refuse to leave the 17th century.
I did not mention Obama and am in no way an Obama apologist.
To a larger extent, my point that was touched on in a previous post is that to understand Putin, one must understand the Russian mindset.
Obama has failed in that respect as did Bush and every American president for the last 100 years, except Reagan.