The Democrats seem to have gotten their knickers in a twist over Trump saying that Putin was a great leader and that traits of leadership were to be admired. That's not a direct quote but I do believe it's the essence of what he said.
Frankly I'm wondering as to what is so terrible about what Trump said. Can terrible people be great leaders? Were Chairman Mao, or Stalin, or Gen. Pinochet, or Kamal Ataturk great leaders? Was JFK sending thousands of armed "observers" to Vietnam a great leader? And, what about Merkel of Germany and her immigration policy? And what about Gen. Mac Arthur and his flawed assessment as to what China would, or what not do; judgments that left our soldiers unprepared and needlessly cost thousands of American lives?
Answering those questions shows just how quixotic are our concepts of leadership. Does leadership depend on the merit of the goals being pursued by the "leader," or does it depend on a man, or woman's, success in pursuing those goals? What Trump was saying was that Putin has been remarkably successful in pursuing his goals, whether in Georgia, in the Ukraine, in Crimea, or in the middle east.
In all those areas, Putin's success has been counter to what America had wished and hoped for. But, to what do you attribute success? To your hopes and dreams or to achieving your goals. It must gall the Democrats to see Putin's success when it clearly highlights Obama's lack of leadership and a lack of leadership that has also marked the Clintons.
Putin draws no red lines. He simply puts men and weapons where they will serve his ends. How different from Obama who give warnings and makes empty threats. Is this how we define American leadership? It also explains why he feels free to set conditions for Israel. Who else is obliged to listen to his empty words?
If you were Putin and you wanted to increase your sources of uranium, would it enhance your respect for America to find that you could get a hold of a chunk of their critical stockpile? All you had to do was pay a half a million dollars for one of the stupid speeches of their loud mouth, ex-presidenta, Bill Clinton.
It must be great to be the Clintons. You can take Putin's money and stick it in your back pocket and the next day berate your political opponent for saying something positive about the man who just paid you for a chunk of America's stockpile.
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