Understanding Vladimir Putin

Thanks gunga.

The "Second Religiousness" was predicted by Oswald Spengler in the 1920s.

Good. You've found someone to look up to. I am happy for you.

The joker is an autocratic dictator who has prostituted the Russian constitution in order to stay in power. Somehow i'm not surprised that Gunga Dim is in love.

What a silly thing to say.

What on earth do the two videos have to do with gunga "looking up to" or being "in love" with Putin?

They both might have added something to our understanding of Russia.

What do those two ignorant posts from roger and Setanta do for understanding anything?

Had there been more understanding of Gadaffi, Assad, and Morsi we might not have the foreign policy shambles we have now.

Okay. Okay! I love Gadaffi. He's still dead, isn't he?

That's not the point roger.

Some historians think that a lack of understanding of Nasser is responsible for the mess we see now.

Although I can allow that the policies were designed to create a mess. 20 years of anarchy in Libya is nothing compared to who ends up with it in the end.

These dictators are not here to win your approval.

Nassar is also dead. He has won my approval, too.