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Hopefully, Putin will leave office quietly, but who knows. This guy has been bad news for America and we haven’t done much to call him out on his active participation in Arming our enemies all over the Planet.
If we don’t stand up to these punks, they will continue to push us around. I don’t know why Bush continues to coddle this guy.
the Russians want to reassert that they are something of a force on the world stage. One of the reasons that, to this day, Stalin is thought of as one of the greatest Russian leaders isn’t because he was a homicidal evil individual but because he turned a most agraian peasant country into a powerfully industrial one that beat back the Nazis. You can call it ego, and I imagine if we fell from world power for twenty years we’d feel this too, but they want to be a player on the world stage and Putin is trying to make them one again after Yeltsin was a disaster. And the best way to be a player is to oppose to 800lb gorilla, the US.
We need this reporting and commentary. I appreciate the accurate reporting, keen insight, and to the point commentary.
I previously believed that Russia, with or without Putin, was pursuing it’s own national interests and stepping on the interests of others was merely the consequence. I previously believed that Russia was more like a Farengi, pursing it’s own economic and political gain without regard to the effect on others.
I now believe that Russia is not an opponent and competitor, but enemy of the United States. They are going out of their way to oppose any intersts of the United States in every way they can, including arming countries such as Iran with nuclear weapons. Russia has, once again, become a sworn enemy that is deliberately trying to harm the United States and not merely pursuing it’s own gain.
We all should recognize Russia for what it really is: A sworn enemy of the United States.
For yuks go to youtube sometime , and type in keywords like Stalin, USSR, Red Army, and read the comments. Most are in more or less correct English and nearly all show real nostalga for the good old days of the USSR. True, this is hardly a scientific sampling of Russian opinion, but I suspect it’s accurate.
Russia has a deep chip on its shoulder against the US, and right now it’s thinking with that and not its brain. We can’t remove the malevolence, but maybe we can point out to the brighter of our enemies that their country is in demographic freefall, and that it’s situated between a growing and hungry Islam and a growing and hungry China. Russia will shortly need powerful friends. P*ssing off the West is cheap popularity now, but is in the long run suicidal.
You listening, Czar Vlad? You;’re being a real dumbass.
These folks will always be paranoid, vicious and trying to remain in the spotlight. They can call themselves Russians, Soviets, Gerbils or whatever, but they will always be an Evil Empire to me.
Excellent Vent - with the Global War against Islamofascists raging on, events in Russia don’t always get the attention that they deserve. Glad to see HotAir is doing their part to change that.
“In the traditional motion picture story villians are usualy defeated. The ending is a happy one. I can make no such promise for the picture you’re about to watch.”
I say collect a mountain of intelligence that Syria and Iran are working with the Chechnyans and leak it to the Moscow Times. If it doesn’t get Putin to change his policy it’ll at least embarrass him.
We’ve been watching this guy for a long time now over at our site. This isn’t an “emerging threat”. It never left. Putin is someone that should never have been trusted by the US or the world, and we should all hope that he does go away peacefully. My bet is that the video is correct though — he’s not gonna go quietly.
For what it’s worth, I work with a multilingual Polish guy who could pass for Putin. If anyone from the CIA is reading, maybe we could work something out.
And nuts to those who fret about America being the only superpower. I know you think you want the Soviet Union back, but you don’t really. Señor Pooty-call here does not need any more real estate.
Blowback
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Hopefully, Putin will leave office quietly, but who knows. This guy has been bad news for America and we haven’t done much to call him out on his active participation in Arming our enemies all over the Planet.
If we don’t stand up to these punks, they will continue to push us around. I don’t know why Bush continues to coddle this guy.
Scorched_Earth on March 14, 2007 at 10:14 AM
And we’re giving Russia $200m in foreign aid/year because…
dalewalt on March 14, 2007 at 10:54 AM
The Cold War II, coming to a “theater” near you.
Its all about China, folks.
seejanemom on March 14, 2007 at 11:29 AM
the Russians want to reassert that they are something of a force on the world stage. One of the reasons that, to this day, Stalin is thought of as one of the greatest Russian leaders isn’t because he was a homicidal evil individual but because he turned a most agraian peasant country into a powerfully industrial one that beat back the Nazis. You can call it ego, and I imagine if we fell from world power for twenty years we’d feel this too, but they want to be a player on the world stage and Putin is trying to make them one again after Yeltsin was a disaster. And the best way to be a player is to oppose to 800lb gorilla, the US.
Defector01 on March 14, 2007 at 11:29 AM
Great Vent!
We need this reporting and commentary. I appreciate the accurate reporting, keen insight, and to the point commentary.
I previously believed that Russia, with or without Putin, was pursuing it’s own national interests and stepping on the interests of others was merely the consequence. I previously believed that Russia was more like a Farengi, pursing it’s own economic and political gain without regard to the effect on others.
I now believe that Russia is not an opponent and competitor, but enemy of the United States. They are going out of their way to oppose any intersts of the United States in every way they can, including arming countries such as Iran with nuclear weapons. Russia has, once again, become a sworn enemy that is deliberately trying to harm the United States and not merely pursuing it’s own gain.
We all should recognize Russia for what it really is: A sworn enemy of the United States.
omegaram on March 14, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Two words you’ll hear a lot of in the 2008 Russian elections: “handpicked successor”
eeyore on March 14, 2007 at 11:51 AM
For yuks go to youtube sometime , and type in keywords like Stalin, USSR, Red Army, and read the comments. Most are in more or less correct English and nearly all show real nostalga for the good old days of the USSR. True, this is hardly a scientific sampling of Russian opinion, but I suspect it’s accurate.
Russia has a deep chip on its shoulder against the US, and right now it’s thinking with that and not its brain. We can’t remove the malevolence, but maybe we can point out to the brighter of our enemies that their country is in demographic freefall, and that it’s situated between a growing and hungry Islam and a growing and hungry China. Russia will shortly need powerful friends. P*ssing off the West is cheap popularity now, but is in the long run suicidal.
You listening, Czar Vlad? You;’re being a real dumbass.
dhimwit on March 14, 2007 at 12:06 PM
These folks will always be paranoid, vicious and trying to remain in the spotlight. They can call themselves Russians, Soviets, Gerbils or whatever, but they will always be an Evil Empire to me.
Hening on March 14, 2007 at 12:24 PM
Nothing changed in Russia with the fall of the USSR.
PRCalDude on March 14, 2007 at 1:27 PM
Excellent Vent - with the Global War against Islamofascists raging on, events in Russia don’t always get the attention that they deserve. Glad to see HotAir is doing their part to change that.
thirteen28 on March 14, 2007 at 1:29 PM
Not to pick nits,
But the fantasy character’s name is “Dobby” and is pronounced like the British word for a Police Patrol Officer: “Bobby”.
NOT like the slang word for a marijuana cigarette: “Doobie”.
If not for the photo, I wouldn’t have gotten the joke at all, and would have thought you were making a drug-culture related joke.
Of course, if you are making a sound-play on the “oo” sound in Putin’s last name I guess I can see that. But it doesn’t come off that way.
Meh, maybe I’m just being overly picky.
wearyman on March 14, 2007 at 1:42 PM
“In the traditional motion picture story villians are usualy defeated. The ending is a happy one. I can make no such promise for the picture you’re about to watch.”
I say collect a mountain of intelligence that Syria and Iran are working with the Chechnyans and leak it to the Moscow Times. If it doesn’t get Putin to change his policy it’ll at least embarrass him.
aengus on March 14, 2007 at 9:21 PM
Great Vent!!
emmaline1138 on March 15, 2007 at 5:19 AM
“I can’t believe I let that man ride in my pickup.” - G.H.W.B.
saint kansas on March 15, 2007 at 5:52 AM
We’ve been watching this guy for a long time now over at our site. This isn’t an “emerging threat”. It never left. Putin is someone that should never have been trusted by the US or the world, and we should all hope that he does go away peacefully. My bet is that the video is correct though — he’s not gonna go quietly.
Rick Donaldson on March 15, 2007 at 9:21 AM
Oops. I meant W, not H.W.
For what it’s worth, I work with a multilingual Polish guy who could pass for Putin. If anyone from the CIA is reading, maybe we could work something out.
And nuts to those who fret about America being the only superpower. I know you think you want the Soviet Union back, but you don’t really. Señor Pooty-call here does not need any more real estate.
saint kansas on March 15, 2007 at 9:25 AM