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2019-11-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Maria Butina blames ‘racism against Russians’ for her legal problems

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Posted by Fred 2019-11-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 She's right too.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-03 05:01|| 2019-11-03 05:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Exactly so.
The Russians think Americans have lost their minds. Hard to disagree.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-03 05:04|| 2019-11-03 05:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Another measure of how unbelievably lost we are as a nation is this mindless, reflexive, universal resort to Russian-bashing (see the NYPost's stupid slur, "play the race card," against Butina).

What a wasted opportunity. Two whole decades slipped by, and now China has grown into a monster-- entirely of our own making, and we could have neutraluzed and confined the ChiComs had we just found a way to work together with Russia.

As opposed to childishly trashing Russia and Russians at every opportunity, real or imagined....

Posted by Lex 2019-11-03 05:10|| 2019-11-03 05:10|| Front Page Top

#4 By all means let us cuddle up to Vlad, 'cause, 'cause ...um he's misunderstood.... and.. cultural differences, yeah that's it.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-03 07:56|| 2019-11-03 07:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Vlad is a monster too but at the moment he's relatively toothless compared to Xi.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-11-03 14:47|| 2019-11-03 14:47|| Front Page Top

#6 ...well, he's sort of stuck on his border, not into global influence projection on the same scale as Pooh.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-11-03 15:01|| 2019-11-03 15:01|| Front Page Top