Ok, while I strenuously object to any US-led military action in Syria ***you only need to look at the clusterfuck of Egypt , Libya, Mali to see why*** I find Putin's op-ed in the NY times highly ironic, given Russia's a country that's very backward on gay rights, backward on free speech rights, and, consider the fact that Putin wouldn't so much as allow dissenters a full page spread in the Pravda.

Oh look, a museum in Moscow was raided by the police for its 'political art' for depicting Obama and Putin in the nude

http://www.iol.co.za/news/back-page/obama-putin-penis-painting-confiscated-1.1573170#.Uiz2FCTD85s

See the art here in the full glory. NSFW. http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1335824/thumbs/o-WRESTLING-570.jpg

Now that's hilarious.

America may not be exceptional, but it is something.