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Agreed. It's a shame, though, that so many of us are expressing admiration for Putin.

• aaronem 12y ago
  Thus far, he's led his nation effectively, and for the most part done a good job of looking out for the interests of his people. One may respect the skill he has thus demonstrated, without approving of every policy he's enacted in so doing. The alternative, I suppose, would be to declare Putin the Enemy, complete with majuscule -- whether of one's nation, or of some nebulous progressive concept of social justice, or whatever you like -- and thenceforth reflexively despise the man and his policies at the very least, if not also the nation he so effectively governs, until such time as he should conform his behavior more closely to whatever constraints one might define. I suppose that's all right for some, but I prefer to keep an open mind. Isn't that something people regard as a virtue around here?