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| 2018-03-22 |
| [ConsortiumNews] Over the last year and a half, Americans have been bombarded with the Gish Gallop claims of Russiagate. In that time, the most reckless comments have been made against the Russians in service of using that country as a scapegoat for problems in the United States that were coming to a head, which were the real reasons for Donald Trump’s upset victory in 2016. It has even gotten to the point where irrational hatred against Russia is becoming normalized, with the usual organizations that like to warn of the pernicious consequences of bigotry silent. The first time I realized how low things would likely get was when Ruth Marcus, deputy editor of the Washington Post, sent out the following tweet in March of 2017, squealing with delight at the thought of a new Cold War with the world’s other nuclear superpower: "So excited to be watching The Americans, throwback to a simpler time when everyone considered Russia the enemy. Even the president." Not only did Marcus’s comment imply that it was great for the U.S. to have an enemy, but it specifically implied that there was something particularly great about that enemy being Russia. |
| Posted by:Tholing Crons2767 |
| #10 And Russia has military in how many countries? Just wondering.... |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2018-03-22 23:50 |
| #9 g(r)om: Dude! Good choice. One of my all time favourites. I thought I was the only poetry lover around these parts. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2018-03-22 18:30 |
| #8 Here's some poetic insight, Abu |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-22 14:56 |
| #7 It triggered the Russian paranoia*, Abu. The assistance to Chechen "freedom fighters" didn't help either. Nor all these NATO bases in Eastern Europe. *Read some Russian history - the only time they weren't invaded at least once per generation was WWII to collapse of Sov U. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-22 14:45 |
| #6 Another reason to make them the evil ones. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2018-03-22 13:21 |
| #5 Putin's foreign policy seems to be doing a lot less harm than the CIAs... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-03-22 13:02 |
| #4 Interesting comment, grom. Can you please expound? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-03-22 11:18 |
| #3 The antipathy to Putin is based upon his foreign policy which is the source of much evil in the world today You know he wouldn't be in power today if Bill could keep his pants zipped on Kosovo? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-22 02:37 |
| #2 Devil we know. Those wishing for a new strongman every 4-6-8 years really haven't thought through what they are asking for. And, for sure, I don't like Putin either. He's the symptom, not the disease. We probably can't treat palliatively let alone cure, so the choices are management or self-euthanasia. I vote for management. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-22 01:15 |
| #1 The antipathy to Putin is based upon his foreign policy which is the source of much evil in the world today, his brutality, and transparent lies. support of the disgusting Syrian regime, alliance with Iran, and with North Korea, invasion of Ukraine. That there are some happy people in Russia today is undoubtedly true, and there are some happy people in North Korea, and Cuba and Venezuela too; but not so many. It makes sense to try to influence Putin to reform, but he seems like a hopeless case. I imagine that he worries about the moslem majority that his country will face in the not distant future, or that some of his thugs, if discontented might give him a dose of one of his nice poisons. Maybe he espouses evil and behaves personally like a child because he is suffused with guilt for his abominable behavior. God rest his soul. |
| Posted by: Daniel 2018-03-22 01:06 |