Senator McCain has a different point of view about Russian leader Vladimir Putin and ISIS. He feels that Mr. Putin is a greater threat than ISIS and is nervous about back-channel communication with Moscow. May one infer that he believes it safer to build back-channel commo links with ISIS?
ISIS and Islam are direct threats to the American way of life and seeking to increase by cutting off heads, establishing Islamic law and occassionally blowing up tall office buildings with Americans in them when opportunity arises. ISIS is seeking recruits, Russia isn’t doing any of that sort of thing so far as I know, yet what do I know in comparison to Washington insiders? Maybe a Russian adviser tortured John McCain in Hanoi like in that Rambo movie and he dreams; ‘I’m coming for you Vlad.’
It would seem as if increasing communication with President Putin by the American President is a good thing, as would increasing business, trade, tourism and environmental mediation cooperative ventures. With ISIS alternatively, less is probably better.
The opinions of people in D.C. can be somewhat mind-boggling.
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