America is seriously overreacting to Putin

He is not all-powerful

Vladimir Putin.
(Image credit: Illustrated | Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS, RazvanDP/iStock)

What is it about Vladimir Putin?

The president of Russia is a ruthless thug. A dictator. He has turned a nation with one of the richest cultures on Earth, already so battered by the scars of communism and the anarchic 1990s, into a corrupt mafia state. He cynically uses the beautiful religion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity to further his amoral goals. He works mischief in places like Syria and Ukraine, putting women and children in body bags.

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.