The Oppressive State of Russia has not Changed Much Since it was the USSR.

[matthews]

127. Got my arguments confused. I'm on task now

All I'll say is that they certainly have their troubles. Yes, Putin is an ridiculous ruler who came out of the old KGB.

But I'm a member of School of the Americas Watch (SOAW). I had friends die in Viet Nam and I know a couple who did not come back from Aghanaistan. Same kind of corrupt wars, BOTH OF THEM. I remember Kent State like it was yesterday. I know what we've done to people.

The 13 Most Evil U.S. Government Experiments on Humans

In the 1940's, with penicillin as an established cure for syphilis, the US decided to test out its effectiveness on Guatemalan citizens.

To do this, they used infected prostitutes and let them loose on unknowing prison inmates, insane asylum patients and soldiers. When spreading the disease through prostitution didn't work as well as they'd hoped, they instead went for the inoculation route.

Researchers poured syphilis bacteria onto mens' penises and on their forearms and faces. In some cases, they even inoculated the men through spinal punctures.

After all the infections were transmitted, researchers then gave most of the subjects treatment, although as many as 1/3 of them could have been left untreated, even if that was the intention of the study in the first place.

On October 1, 2010, Hilary Clinton apologized for the events and new research has gone on to see if anyone affected is still alive and afflicted with syphilis. Since many subjects never got penicillin, its possible and likely that someone spread it to f*ture generations.

http://www.ranker.com/list/the-13-most-evil-u-s-government-experiments-on-humans/robert-wabash?page=1

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I'm not going to get into a pissing match with you or anyone. But I will say that I known for a very long time that we are no better (but certainly no worse) than anyone else out there. We have committed genocide (Native Americans, Iraqis) we have committed war crimes (My Lai and plenty of them in Afghanistan and Pakistan). And we are now the old Soviet Union.

Don't lecture me. I've been around a long time. I've been paying attention. And I feel nothing but grief, sorrow, and pity for our children and our grandchildren.