Putin ain't no Superman

A recent exchange around here made me thinking. Apparently, there's this impression that in the West (particularly among some segments of the US public), Putin is being viewed as "The Man", a powerful man who could "kick your elephant's ass in a fight" kind of badass boss.

Well, that "The Man" thing is a result of his personality cult-building effort, no doubt. Curiously, it seems to be having an effect even on the presumably critically-thinking, free Western public. Or at least on that segment thereof, whose narrative so desperately needs a foreign strongman to juxtapose the "lame" Obama against.

Btw, Putin's KGB past was anything but glorious...