Vladimir Putin Did Not Get Here on His Own

(photo courtesy of Jørgen Håland; @jhaland)

Vladimir Putin is a demonstrable mad man. He has demonstrated his cruelty throughout his reign and made clear that there is no depth to which he wouldn’t go, if only provided the opportunity. Putin has now received his golden opportunity in the form of a Western hemisphere in a precipitous decline. A decline that is aided and abetted by other mad men and by a nationalist, radical and feral mob that has been given…