Why in the world is the U.S. bloc so antagonistic to a country and a leader who’s clearly very similar in his goals and his means to achieve them for his country as those in the West? The West obviously should engage Russia, not isolate her. We shouldn’t let the differences in the details blind us to the massive similarities between the West and Russia. We are much more alike than the anti-Putin and anti-Russia contingent says. They are obscuring the big picture of similarity. Putin is already Westernized. Russia is already Westernizing. If the CIA does not know this, … Continue reading Stop the Anti-Putinism and Anti-Russianism NOW