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I was shellshocked by the war like everyone else. Now after my initial panic has subsided I wanted to say a few things.

Here in America, most of the “experts” interpret Putin’s enduring rule in general and this new war of his in particular as Soviet reboot. He’s supposed to be some sort of Stalin 2.0. But that view of things is wrong on just about every…