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I find myself commenting about your articles more that I have to any media before. I think it's because they are thoughtful and timely. Unfortunately the Republican party is still the party of Trump and if your recall, Trump loves dictators and autocrats because he would like to be one. I often wondered what the Russians had on Trump or how much money he owed them. DeSantis is Trump with less baggage and will not disagree with him out of fear of losing Trump supporters if he wins the primary. I'm not as worried about Putin going after NATO allies as other countries that border Russia that are not members, but would like to be. Russia may not be the military force it once was but as long as they have an arsenal of nuclear weapons we have to take their aggression seriously. I long for the "silent majority" of reasonable Republican who had our country's safety at the forefront of their thinking.

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DeSantis is a contemporary Neville Chamberlain. He is also speaking from his heart not because he is afraid of authoritarian states, like Russia, but because Putin mirrors his thirst for control and intolerance for dissent.

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