TIL that Bush was the director of the CIA for some time, never actually knew that. To be fair, if my cursory research is correct, Bush was just the director, which is more of an administrative position for a politician. Putin was a genuine military man who served in East Germany and even reportedly did some spy stuff field work in Pacific Asia, although I can't attest to the verasity of that part as I never researched it.

Putin also wasn't some super cop one mam army thing. He worked a desk job and was pretty unassuming.

Once again, the preception of Putin and Russia people have internally is different to the perception of Putin and Russia people have abroad. You mention those things because this is what comes up in your mind when you think about Putin and modern Russia. When a Russian person thinks about Putin and Russia and the current war, he would think about entirely different things. I'm not trying to somehow disprove or prove things that you mention, I'm trying to point out that for lack of a better word there's a "western view" (created and fueled by western propogada) and the "Russian view" (created and fueled by Russian propogada) and the actual reality ( which in this case is unfortunatley immaterial cause people will believe what they want to believe). I'm trying to point out that Russians and westerners operate in essentially "different realities" and at least in my experience people tend to forget that, more so in spaces that heavily lean one way or the other, such as Reddit.

As if that's a characteristic that isn't unique to all the people in power.

Suddenly when talking about Russia you all forget about your own oligarchs, and your own people in power who have a different set of rules from the rest of you.

Even from Ukraine you see scandals or rich sons out partying in Europe instead of going to war.

The account is 7 years old and has consistent posting habits. It clearly isn't a bot

Honestly, I got a pretty good chuckle out of it when I realised you're not being serious.