It’s at a minimum odd to be saying anything positive about our enemy.
Don't be ridiculous. In order to defeat an enemy one must be honest about that enemy's capabilities. "Erm dat Putin him be dum!" Yeah? Well he outsmarted ****ing Joe Biden, so what does that say?
Putin IS smart. He IS a leader. If you can't admit that, you have some serious problems.
But I suspect - know - that you're just parroting your masters' talking points. You wouldn't have thought to carp about something so absurd until your masters told you to.