[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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
[JohnLaurits] By now, all of you are supposed to firmly believe that Russia (or maybe even Putin himself!) is responsible for the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal with a nerve-agent known as novichok on Sunday, the 4th of March. The fact that no evidence exists to support this belief does not seem to concern the BBC, the Guardian, the Independent, MSNBC, the New York Times, and others who dutifully repeat the accusation leveled against Russia by UK Prime Minister Theresa May. This reckless, blind, and uncritical acceptance of claims by government officials (or unnamed experts and insiders) has become so normal that many mainstream news-outlets no longer bother with verifiable sources, leaving the public vulnerable to deceptive narratives. And the case of the Skripal poisoning is a perfect example…
Theresa May’s claim that Russia was behind the attack is (in her own words) based on the fact that the nerve-agent used in the attack — novichok — was developed by the Soviet Union in the ’80s. May’s reasoning is that, since novichok was made by the USSR and since “the government” assesses that Russia “views some defectors as legitimate targets,” the act is either a deliberate Russian attack on the UK or an act of negligence so criminal it might as well be an attack. But so long as May’s government is unable or unwilling to furnish supporting evidence for its claim to the press or the public, there is no way for any journalist to verify that May’s accusation has merit.
The prime minister’s argument seems to rest on the fact that the nerve-agent used to poison the Skripals was developed by the USSR, a country that collapsed 29 years ago in 1989. From this fact alone (assuming it is true), May’s government, the commentariat, and countless news headlines have concluded — and expect the public to conclude — that Russia committed a war-crime by using chemical weapons in an attempt to murder the Skripals on UK soil.
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We don't need no evidence - we're the cognitive elites!
[ARABNEWS] It was no coincidence that Ottoman Turkish troops hoisted their country’s flag on top of the Afrin city hall on March 18, as that date was the anniversary of a key Ottoman victory against Allied troops in Gallipoli in 1915. Although the timing is hardly a surprise, it goes to show how prevalent nationalism (and some might say ultra-nationalism) has become among the Ottoman Turkish ruling elite, both politically and militarily.
Pro-Ottoman Turkish Syrian gangs proceeded to pillage Afrin after its occupation. The city’s defenders, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), withdrew from the area after 58 days of fighting. Now the YPG and its political wing, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), must reevaluate their position in light of what has unfolded in Afrin. Since they are the dominant political force in the Kurdish-populated areas of northern Syria, their political calculations are crucial to the fate of Syria’s Kurds.
The PYD leadership should realize that international and regional powers will not accept a change in the established political borders of the Middle East, with the independence referendum fiasco in Iraqi Kurdistan last year decisive proof of this. For almost three decades, diplomacy was a lifeline for Iraqi Kurdistan’s leaders, as they enjoyed a special relationship with the United States. Unlike the areas now under Kurdish control in Syria, they were not dominated by forces linked or close to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). This has allowed Iraqi Kurds to enjoy political relations with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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The elephant in the room that is totally ignored in this article is Islamic expansionism. Erdogan has a mission to expand Islamic domination first and Turk expansionism as a close second, by any means necessary cancel's out Turkey's influence against Russia. Especially when Russia cooperated with the invasion of Afrin.
If the four Kurdish regions (Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran) can ever get their act together as one cohesive front with the goal of statehood by any means necessary, then they will have the resources to be able to defend themselves.
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Pisslam is cancer, it requires the scalpel, chemo and radiation to be eradicated. Unpleasant, for sure, but a choice that must be made before it's too late.
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If the four Kurdish regions (Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran) can ever get their act together
It would be the first time in the entire recorded history.
[DrawAndStrike] Understanding The Pathological Progressive Hatred In The Era Of Trump BLUF:
Understand, in the progressive mind, any use of the government that doesn't enforce a progressive goal is by nature either useless or illegitimate. To these fanatics, bureaucrats forcing Americans to live like Progressives wanted was fine. After all, that's what government is FOR, you hicks.
So Lefty fanatics having to watch that selfsame federal government suddenly being used *against* the Progressive agenda reduces them to a mouth-foaming frenzy.
We have hurt them deep into their souls by doing this, you know. In case you're wondering why they take this so personally. For the Progressive fanatics, this is war. They are not being hyperbolic. They honestly and truly hate you. With a red hot passion. Just by using Trump to try to put the federal government in a posture where it'll leave you the hell alone to live your life how you want to live it.
So as you watch the histrionics unfold in the coming years as these Progressive fanatics get more & more insane, just remember this:
It's really upsetting to the snowflakes when they discover History really wasn't on their side after all.
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I dunno. It seems the right's response to success is to ease up. The left always doubles down. Next time the left is in charge, I'll be keeping my head down.
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Our Armed Americans outnumber Our Military Fifty to One. But they would never violate their Oath to GOD, would they?
HE has not to them.
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And really, I think the number of US military personnel who would actually shoot at fellow Americans is at an all time low. And it was a low, low number to begin with.
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That's why every three letter agency has it's own armed forces, MM.
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And every three letter agency failed because the more they tried to hide it, the more they were found out with blues clues and cracker bear or Whom ever and there is nothing left to hide.
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They may have lost elections (IL an exception, where the voters this week gave the Progs a two-headed coin, but I digress.), but they have not lost Government. Yet.
Mr. Trump spends a fair amount of time swimming in molasses. This must stop.
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I dunno. It seems like it a part of their DNA. I read this a.m. that Hillary was the same rude, crude bytch back in 1969 when she got testy with the commencement speaker at her graduation.
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