toomuchtime_
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That's a fine example of the kind of bigotry Clinton's campaign is based on that will lead us back to Cold War tensions, hundreds of thousands of people continuing to die in the ME and eastern Europe. What Clinton is doing with respect to Russia is exactly the kind of campaigning southern white politicians used to do with respect to black Americans.No one can create "a trusting, respectful working relationship" with Putin. His goals, Russian domination of all nations on its borders and expansion of Russian imperialism, are not our goals.Putin is a bad guy and a national hero. Trump respects what Putin has been able to do in rescuing Russia from the political and economic chaos that engulfed the country after the break up of he Soviet Union and the end of communism. Based on his actions around the world it is also fair to say Obama is a bad guy, and when you compare what Obama has done for the US to what Putin has done for Russia, it is clear Putin is a much greater leader.Paul Ryan, who thinks Putin is a bad guy, or, Donald Trump, who worships Putin?
The important point to note here is that the terrible problems in the ME and eastern Europe cannot be solved without a trusting, respectful working relationship between the US and Russia, and Trump has been clear that is what he intends to do,whereas Hillary finds it politically expedient to maintain an adversarial relationship with Russia regardless of the consequences for US foreign policy or for the rest of the world.