re: “We live in a world of Biblical Values. Liberals are trying to dismantle it”

Well I guess every now & then a Christian leader needs to assassinate or imprison a political opponent or two or three. You know, in the name of "Christian morality".

I sure as hell woudn't want to live* in a country as autocratic & repressive as Putin's Russia. But I do give the man his due as a politician & player in world affairs. His military has a tiny fraction of the global power & reach of the USA, & Russia's military spending is roughly 1/9 of ours. But he always seems to get a lot of geostrategic bang for his buck - Georgia 2008, Syria 2013-present, Crimea 2014.

More to the point, Putin understands the USA better than most Americans themselves; better than our establishment media commentariat for sure. He understands us as we are rather than what we like to think we are. Most important, he knows where our weak points are & knows how best to attack them.

Maybe one agrees with his politics, maybe not. I don't. But it's important for all of us to see Putin for what he is rather than what he poses as. I'm sure some Americans will just lap this $h!t up. But come on, "biblical values" my arse.

* Wouldn't want to live in Russia, unless I was Ed Snowden. Russia may not be the freest country in the world, but it's a lot freer than an American federal prison.