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pampango

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21. Or that small countries, for some odd reason, have sought some protection from Russia.

Reply to AZ Progressive (Reply #14)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 09:32 PM

Sep 2014

Their experience of occupation and repression by the USSR for 45 years must have left them with an otherwise inexplicable desire to join an alliance that might help to keep history from repeating itself.

You think the U.S. would act any differently? Remember Central America during the 80's?

Reagan was right then and so is Russia now? Or Reagan was wrong then and so is Russia now? It is no wonder that so many fundamentalist and far-right republicans idolize Putin. He's bringing Reagan back to life in a different part of the world.

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Amnesty International: Ukraine: Mounting evidence of war crimes and Russian involvement [View all] pampango Sep 2014 OP

Prepare for Amnesty International to be thrown under the bus Peacetrain Sep 2014 #1

I've tried, but it always goes back to those rainbow cookies: freshwest Sep 2014 #9

Those Amnesty PNACers! NuclearDem Sep 2014 #2

Amnesty International are well-known Codeine Sep 2014 #3

NULAND !!!!11!one! MrNJ Sep 2014 #4

The only ones who deny Russia's misbehavior geek tragedy Sep 2014 #5

...but they were damn good cookies. (nt) jeff47 Sep 2014 #17

AI reports the obvious. Both sides have committed war crimes. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #6

Some deny that Russia is a participant on geek tragedy Sep 2014 #7

Except the Catherina Crowd here insists that it's only the Ukrainian side to blame. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2014 #8

With an emphasis on... LanternWaste Sep 2014 #11

I blame Victoria Nuland's cookies Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #10

Hang on. Gotta wait for RT to tell me what to think. jeff47 Sep 2014 #12

I'm waiting on the six degrees of Bush family. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #13

Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll link it back to someone jeff47 Sep 2014 #15

This doesn't change the fact that NATO has been surrounding Russia since the end of the cold war AZ Progressive Sep 2014 #14

You have an odd definition of "Surround". jeff47 Sep 2014 #16

And what Reagan did was acceptable? Not geek tragedy Sep 2014 #18

You mean when Reagan funded rape and murder terror squads in Central America? NuclearDem Sep 2014 #20

Or that small countries, for some odd reason, have sought some protection from Russia. pampango Sep 2014 #21

. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #19