I understand. No matter what Putin does, a lot of people think that he is a genius. I am ok with that. I am just not one of those people.
Putin was bitch slapped and frankly he had it coming.
Georgia
Ukraine
Constant overflights into US and Western territory.
He can do nothing about it.
Who is calling Putin a genius. Not me. He is an adept leader of a powerful country with interests. Those are things you put into your calculus of what you can and should do.