Putin as a master manipulator

[dead0man]

The idea that Putin uses, on purpose and with planning, "mind games" on people to get them to do what he want's shouldn't be shocking at all.  What is shocking, at least to me, is that more politicians don't utilize such techniques.  I suppose some do, and are just so good at both doing it and hiding the trail that they are doing it, that we don't know they are doing it.