Putin is not "our guy." He is a foreign Head of State. That State has some interests in common with us, and some opposed.
He is former KGB, and if he is not a killer, he has certainly cultivated that aspect of his public image.
He's smart, he's reliably loyal to the interests of his country, and for those reasons we can have a little bit of comfort in our dealings with him.
He is not, for example, going to turn ballistic missiles loose on us, like the Mad Mullahs in Iran will do if they get the power to do so, nor is he going to set a bioweapon loose to crash economies worldwide.
So, right now, Russia is in better hands than Iran and China, which is an awfully low bar.
I do like Putin and his Russia first style of leading. With that said...once KGB , always KGB. However, I do not worry about him having hostility towards the US. Unless that is, Bai Den forgets his morning meds and decides to provoke another World War.
Putin is not "our guy." He is a foreign Head of State. That State has some interests in common with us, and some opposed.
He is former KGB, and if he is not a killer, he has certainly cultivated that aspect of his public image.
He's smart, he's reliably loyal to the interests of his country, and for those reasons we can have a little bit of comfort in our dealings with him.
He is not, for example, going to turn ballistic missiles loose on us, like the Mad Mullahs in Iran will do if they get the power to do so, nor is he going to set a bioweapon loose to crash economies worldwide.
So, right now, Russia is in better hands than Iran and China, which is an awfully low bar.
This is the correct answer.
Correct except for onen point. Putin is a killer.
I do like Putin and his Russia first style of leading. With that said...once KGB , always KGB. However, I do not worry about him having hostility towards the US. Unless that is, Bai Den forgets his morning meds and decides to provoke another World War.