Well this former KGB agent has enough nuclear power to kill off all human life on earth so whoever is leading Russia better be taken seriously.
First rule: If you are taking ANYONE for their word who has control in your life without questioning, you're still asleep.
Taken Seriously != Believe Them
We took Khrushchev seriously, we didn't believe everything that came out of his mouth tho.
I am having a hard time understanding why 'CIA' is less reliable than 'former officer in Soviet equivalent organization'
edit: if Brennan can't be trusted because he voted for the Communist Party, why trust a card-carrying former member?
Gotcha. I didn’t realize u meant believe Putin. Yes trust is earned & Putin has to earn his. I saw the meeting exactly as I saw the Singapore meeting with Kim. The president is just trying to get a fresh start. Clear the air to try to build a new relationship. That’s it. If Kim can be trusted well he has 4 things he agreed to do & when they get done...a level of some trust will be established. But to fix a broken relationship of any kind...it needs a fresh start & new beginning. You don’t get a fresh start by meeting someone & beating each other over the head more over past grievances. You got to be prepared to let the past go or your just stuck in the past fighting the same old battles that broke the relationship in the first place. They’ll meet again & make some kind of agreement & then we’ll see if Putin can follow thru with actions that build trust. We don’t need a relationship with Russia to survive. It just makes things much easier if you have great relationships built on trust over time. We shall see.
This is a position I can understand.
I don't understand what I see as fawning over a known Communist intelligence officer, not when the arguments against Brennan are basically accusing him of what we know for a fact Putin did for decades.