Manliest of Men

[danalwyn]

So, it's been a while since Turkey shot down a Russian jet and nobody seems to have started World War III.

I'm hoping that this will disrupt the strange, peculiar, and in some cases almost homoerotic fascination that members of the American right have with Vladimir Putin as a strong, macho, manly man who doesn't take guff from anyone. For a man who is supposed to show no fear and whose tough use of force is supposed to make everyone else back down he's been putting on quite a show of nothing. Then again, when it comes to the Putin-fanboys in the Republican party making a sensible course correction, I'm not holding my breath. I suppose manly men never admit when they're wrong.

Comments

[silverjackal]

I am not so certain that Putin is being quiet because of impotence. While I don't know precisely what it means I can sense that there are pieces in play that we're not aware of. Not that Putin is omnipotent (I laugh out loud at his various macho stunts) but there is something swirling around the whole recent situation -- Ukraine, Syria, etc. that is not clear. Something is at work beyond the obvious grab for influence and control and/or destabilization of rivals. It might even be several somethings but there's more going on that media in general are not covering.