Does Putin think America is weak?

A lot has been made in recent days about how this terrible stuff Putin is doing wouldn't have happened if Putin just feared the USA they way he should.



Some of the reasoning behind this is.....odd.

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If Putin doesn’t take us seriously, is it any wonder? The headline in the March 2 Stars and Stripes beams: “Gay, lesbian troops perform in drag at Kadena Air Base” in Okinawa. The publication disclosed that the drag show was “in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered troops.” Doubtless, this will do much for the morale of the non-LGBT troops. But as then-Army Chief of Staff George W. Casey, Jr. said at the time of the Ft. Hood massacre (which the administration still refuses to call a terrorist incident), diversity is the New Action Army’s most important product. Perhaps we could deploy an elite unit, armed with vibrators, to the Crimea to counter Spetsnaz commandos.

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Do developments like this have anything to do with making our military leaders look less impressive in the eyes of the world? For instance, does Mr. Putin sit there and go, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to do anything Obama says because number one, he can’t keep his word, and number two, your military is now having drag shows on its bases.’

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So....Putin doesn't fear America because Putin thinks gay people are all sissies who, strangely, only bring sex toys into a battle because I guess gay people don't mind being slaughtered by an enemy with actual guns. If Putin really is that stupid wouldn't it be a great way to goad him into a trap?



And can anyone actually point to something Obama did that would have in any way made Putin think America is somehow a weakling that can be pushed around?

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