@GazaAli said:
They see Putin as a religious, traditionalist nationalist and a valiant defender of traditional marriage and values. It is in that context that one judges their admiration of Putin.
It's perhaps understandable that some US conservatives would admire Putin because he appeals to their social values.
However, Putin also has a keen following amongst leftists and anti-imperialists. In my case, it's his bold moves on the global stage that have endeared him to me.
I found the US-led depredations of Iraq and Libya thoroughly repugnant, not only because they entailed the destruction of entire nations, economies and societies that posed no threat to the US, but also because they were justified with brazen, bare-faced lies.
So it has delighted me to see Putin using his country's military to:
- punish arrogant NATO vassals (cf Georgia, 2008),
- defend people who chose to resist the tyranny of US-State-Department-installed puppet regimes (cf. Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk, 2014) and
- thwart NATO's ongoing attempts at regime-change (cf. Syria 2015).
And the candor with which Putin has described his enemies only adds to his appeal. Who but Putin would have had the temerity to call out Turkey's Erdogan as the vile, backstabbing, double-crossing terrorist-supporter that he is?
In short, my admiration for Putin stems from his truthfulness, his integrity and the fierce resolve with which he has defended nations that would otherwise have been destroyed utterly by the United States' jackbooted quest for global hegemony.
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