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Lodestar

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31. I suspect the biggest 'problem' with Putin has nothing to do with his "dictatorship"

Reply to bemildred (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2014, 04:20 PM

Mar 2014

as that has certainly never stopped the U.S. from forging ties that bind. No, I suspect the thing that really
sticks in the craw of the folks who own our 'news' agencies and find themselves at odds with Putin is his
nationalizing of his country's resources (oil/gas for one) and consequent booting out or jailing of its western leaning capitalist
oligarchs. He and Chavez seemed to have been on the same page and our msm has vilified them both.

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Is Vladimir Putin insane? Hardly [View all] bemildred Mar 2014 OP

One thing for sure --- He is a bare knuckle fighter warrant46 Mar 2014 #1

Pretty sure Mickey O'Neil could take him Scootaloo Mar 2014 #27

Great movie. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #28

I know, right? Scootaloo Mar 2014 #29

No your taste is impeccable warrant46 Mar 2014 #30

As I understand it, what a pretty solid percent of Russians appreciate about him, is he is decisive. Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #2

Yeah, he addresses their ego-deficits. bemildred Mar 2014 #3

No, not really. Igel Mar 2014 #4

you might have to draw a picture of your last paragraph before I can figure it out. yurbud Mar 2014 #7

Sometimes there are no good guys. Usually, in politics, I would say. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #8

that is true--and it makes it easy to demonize anyone without lying yurbud Mar 2014 #18

Yep, they are all telling the truth, just being selective. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #22

commies would point to our abuse of blacks and Indians, which were true yurbud Mar 2014 #24

It should be interesting to see what advice the intelligence services had about this too. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #5

he is easily the smartest politician alive. We've got the money, media, allies yurbud Mar 2014 #6

If we really want to fuck Putin: free and fair elections in Ukraine, bemildred Mar 2014 #9

I agree, Putin would be screwed. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #10

or government may allow our even encourage a fair election but if the results are wrong yurbud Mar 2014 #11

I suppose. I'm trying to argue a different approach. bemildred Mar 2014 #12

in our dealings with Russia, we've gone back to how Europe treated Germany after WW I yurbud Mar 2014 #16

Yep. A new cold war sounds good to some. bemildred Mar 2014 #17

if they are successful, there will be no history. yurbud Mar 2014 #19

Ok, if there is a future History. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #21

He's not a maniac, but even the shrewdest lose sight of their own limitations. nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #13

Don't we all. bemildred Mar 2014 #14

Eh, I don't see it, it was a Foreign Policy piece, but maybe it's too fuzzy now. bemildred Mar 2014 #15

Merkel never said Putin is unhinged. Germany was not pleased with that White House BS Catherina Mar 2014 #20

+100000000000000 nt. polly7 Mar 2014 #23

Wow. jsr Mar 2014 #32

There's the complicity of those *reliable* sources like the New York Times Catherina Mar 2014 #33

Putin may not be Hitler.....but he sure is corrupt! AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #25

Eh, he ain't THAT interesting. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #26

I suspect the biggest 'problem' with Putin has nothing to do with his "dictatorship" Lodestar Mar 2014 #31

+1. It's the same crowd too. Without exception n/t Catherina Mar 2014 #34