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Trump defends Putin: 'You think our country is so innocent'?
By Rick Moran

Trump is playing the real politik game - accepting Putin for the thug that he is while looking for US-Russia cooperation in fighting Islamic extremism world wide. It makes sense that, in that context, he would refuse to overtly criticize the Russian dictator. But he doesn't have to diss the US by bizarrely equating the US with the Putin regime. American presidents don't poison prominent political opponents and it's outrageous to even suggest it.

Putin has his own agenda and will be looking for Trump to grant him carte blanche in Ukraine and perhaps even Eastern Europe. He will almost certainly test Trump's limits as to his tolerance for Putin's mischief making. A US-Russia alliance to fight ISIS and other radical Islamic extremists would be helpful, but at what price? It will be a delicate balancing act that will test the president's worldview and commitment to American values in foreign policy.

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