In the past few months there has been an extraordinary amount of partisan B.S. about America's relationship with Russia. All of a sudden, you can find progressives manning the barricades against Russia and Vladimir Putin. They push for an aggressive foreign policy against the dangerous Russian Bear. Of course, in the Cold War, they could never quite decide who was worse: Reagan or communism. But now that Trump is president, they mysteriously become jingoists of the first order. On the other side, you have Trump supporters blowing kisses at Putin today, while conveniently forgetting their criticism of Pres. Obama for being weak on Russia just a few short years ago.
If you are thinking to yourself, "Tim, might this have something to do with our tribal politics?" then the answer is "Yes." Vlad, the Impaler of Syria, is an SOB. But he's not Stalin. And this isn't 1947. We should deal with him in a straight-forward manner: opposing him when he strikes at our vital national interests, but also understanding the limits of our power. In other words, not what Obama did.
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