Putin’s Liberalism Means a Wider War Is In the Cards Paul Craig Roberts Vladimir Putin, demonized in the West for his “depravity,” to use the words of Defense Department spokesman John Kirby ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-04-29/bloomberg-evening-briefing-pentagon-official-decries-depravity-of-putin-s-war?cmpid=BBD042922_BIZ&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=220429&utm_campaign=bloombergdaily ), is really just an old-fashioned American liberal.   Putin’s old-fashioned 19th century liberal beliefs are no match for Washington’s 21st century Satanism.  Putin’s old-fashioned beliefs…