You got the reaction you got, young Anakin, because of a group of alleged "FReepers" who claim to admire Vladimir because he embodies "true Western values." Meaning -- I guess, because there isn't much historically to go on that would support that -- that he hates homos. Now that is strange because this group: tcrlaf, Trumpinator, goldstategop, DTA, varmintman, LTEP are all queer for Putin. One of them even claims to be (or have once been, it's unclear) Spetsnaz.
Vladimir Putin is a worthless POS, KGB murderer, and all-around thug. That's all he is. Luckily -- unlike you -- he understands his limitations.
"Gondor wanes, you say. But Gondor stands, and even the end of its strength is very strong."
Yes, we're diminished. Yes, we need to do something about that. But encouraging a tinpot dictator who's already revealed his larger ambitions to violence by pretending that he's big enough to take us on is a mistake. He isn't.
Sorry to bust your bubble Fred but Putin has threatened war against us a few years ago when we backed down in Syria over the chemical attack incident and over the Ukraine. Obama is not worth squat as POTUS as he weakened the military in several ways and on purpose. We can be number one again but it is going to take leadership and lots of $$$ which is all tied up in give away welfare programs.