American Thinker du jour - NATO edition

[Doctor Phibes]

I'm guessing that guy's learned everything he knows about Europe online. The article's so full of stereotypes it's actually a little embarrassing to read.

[Jolly]

You don't think it's just a tiny bit tongue in cheek?

[Doctor Phibes]

@jolly said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:

You don't think it's just a tiny bit tongue in cheek?

It’s hard to tell with that place. You think they’re being sarcastic, then you realize they’re actually serious!

[Renauda]

Possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not. Either way Putin comes across as the wise leader of our times.

[Jolly]

@renauda said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:

Possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not. Either way Putin comes across as the wise leader of our times.

I don't know if he's the wise leader of our times, but I've never thought he was a dumb man.

[Renauda]

Make no mistake, Putin’s a wise guy. More than anyone in the liberal and conservative West can imagine.

[Mik]

I watched a documentary series episode on his rise to power. Much is made of his time in KGB, but it really didn’t amount to much. He was pretty low level. His rise came after the demise of the USSR. He is smart indeed.

[Horace]

He has the freedom to be wise in practice as a leader, rather than being constricted by the populist ideas of people whose votes he is beholden to.

[Copper]

@renauda said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:

More than anyone in the liberal and conservative West can imagine.

Mr. Biden excepted, of course.

[Doctor Phibes]

@renauda said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:

Make no mistake, Putin’s a wise guy.

In more ways than one

[Renauda]

@horace said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:

He has the freedom to be wise in practice as a leader, rather than being constricted by the populist ideas of people whose votes he is beholden to.

Yet Putin espouses the populism of the Russian nation. In fact, he is very much beholden to it. That’s how he is simultaneously a bewildering autocrat to Western conservatives and a frightening tyrant to the progressive left.