Conservatives harbor an odd admiration for Vladimir Putin
By David Horsey, LA TimesMarch 7, 2014, 5:00 a.m.
It is rather curious, given the American conservative movement’s long and dramatic history of anti-Communism and anti-Russian saber-rattling, that many leading voices on the right are speaking about Russian President Vladimir Putin with varying degrees of admiration.
For some, it is just a matter of comparing Putin’s toughness with President Obama’s alleged weakness. Without suggesting any love for Putin, Republicans in Congress have asserted that Russia’s incursion into Ukraine would not have happened had Obama not been such a wimp in his dealings with Moscow.
This line has been pushed especially hard by the foreign policy Tweedledee and Tweedledum of the Senate GOP caucus, John McCain and Lindsey Graham. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio echoed that sentiment at the CPAC conference in Washington on Thursday.
“We cannot ignore that the flawed foreign policy of the last few years has brought us to this stage, because we have a president who believed but by the sheer force of his personality he would be able to shape global events,” Rubio said.
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Putin is not to be trusted and yet, he is smart enough to not make a BS statement about a "red line.'
I'm a conservative and I hold no admiration for Putin. I also hold no admiration for Obama. both are socialist dictators and seek to use militarism to expand their own power. neither are to be trusted with power. And while it is clear Putin should not be trusted to safeguard the liberties of his people, is has become abundantly clear the same should be applied to Obama. Putin and Obama will safeguard the liberties of their political allies. They will use the power of their office as well as the military and their ministers/secretaries, however, to crush the liberties of their political adversaries.
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