I've been wondering about that - where is the Left on this whole thing, I mean were do they stand on this?
Their position is that it's all Bush's fault, because Putin is a Bush/Cheney puppet. Yes, I've actually seen that as a comment. (Not on DU, though. Give them time.)
After that they they start getting irrational.
"after that they they start getting irrational."
You imply that they started out rationally. I suspect you intended to say "started getting even more irrational"