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8. Putin is interested in keeping himself in power and those who prop him up. He

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 05:40 PM

Mar 2014

has no interest in what's good for the Russian people.

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Putin Actions �Crazy� Says Bill Clinton [View all] kpete Mar 2014 OP

Crazy like a fox. You can accuse Putin of being the devil incarnate but you Cleita Mar 2014 #1

Religious motivation is pretty emotional IMO. Ny EmilyAnne Mar 2014 #3

That proves my point. Putin caters to the powerful religious influences in Cleita Mar 2014 #5

when Clinton and Cleita have evaluated a situation and come to opposite conclusions functioning_cog Mar 2014 #24

thanks kpete Cha Mar 2014 #2

Yeah, Putin's no fly zone over Iraq is crazy RobertEarl Mar 2014 #4

Yes, our fearless leaders need to do a lot of looking into the mirror. n/t Cleita Mar 2014 #6

Well, we are empire RobertEarl Mar 2014 #10

And those lovely Consultancies in Central Banks in these countries malaise Mar 2014 #36

+1 but this is the new meme. Not just +1 but plus 1000 n/t Catherina Mar 2014 #12

Wait who was the first person to bomb anywhere in Europe since WW2? malaise Mar 2014 #25

Whoa, dude!! Never thought of that!! RobertEarl Mar 2014 #28

Ya...nobody dropped a single bomb in Europe between 1945 and the 1990's Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #41

No US president did RobertEarl Mar 2014 #42

That poster said "first person" Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #43

You are off in right field, again RobertEarl Mar 2014 #46

what were your alternative strategies for dealing with Saddam Hussein at that time? functioning_cog Mar 2014 #33

You may be on the wrong site? RobertEarl Mar 2014 #39

So re: Clinton actions....nothing short of stringing up all of the Bushes (ostensibly killing them) functioning_cog Mar 2014 #40

Kill 'em? No RobertEarl Mar 2014 #44

And then some malaise Mar 2014 #45

Impulsive and short-sighted, rather than totally crazy. Had Putin been TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #7

Putin is interested in keeping himself in power and those who prop him up. He Cleita Mar 2014 #8

Derp. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #19

whatever n/t librechik Mar 2014 #9

Meh.... Xolodno Mar 2014 #11

Merkel never said Putin is unhinged. Germany was not pleased with that BS. A "memo" like you said Catherina Mar 2014 #13

Is Vladimir Putin insane? Hardly bemildred Mar 2014 #14

Interesting article. Thanks for posting that Number23 Mar 2014 #15

It is. they are both liars. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #16

Sigh. nt Number23 Mar 2014 #17

Sigh indeed. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #18

??? Number23 Mar 2014 #20

Hard to get excited over this. Two superpowers quibbling over how to loot Ukraine LittleBlue Mar 2014 #21

russia is no longer a superpower JI7 Mar 2014 #22

That's just wrong, JI7 RobertEarl Mar 2014 #26

ok, so north korea is a super power also JI7 Mar 2014 #27

When they fly our astronauts back, sure RobertEarl Mar 2014 #29

ok, so it's about flying astronauts ? JI7 Mar 2014 #30

What's your point RobertEarl Mar 2014 #32

they stopped being a superpower when the soviet union fell JI7 Mar 2014 #34

uh, no. Russia is not a superpower. Most of the prior global dominance has been ceded to China and functioning_cog Mar 2014 #35

Aww, jeez, not another one... RobertEarl Mar 2014 #37

UK has just as much claim to super power status as Russia. UN Veto. Nukes. functioning_cog Mar 2014 #38

Just not a very good bridge dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #23

Geeze, talk about predictable bullshit. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #31