Salon: We are the propagandists: The real story about how The New York Times and the White House

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6. You get it

It's not about accepting Putin, it is about wisdom, diplomacy, some semblance of empathy (enough to understand other points of view), and about not undermining our own democracy and people by ends justifies means approaches.

And consistency in our own sphere. Putin was not the first one to use the tactic of hidden special ops, or "little green men". This is why I believe that he said there need to be "new rules", because the old rules are no longer being held to. There is an argument that his tactics are in response to the last 30 years of precedence.