Posted on 07/21/2014 11:03:00 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Former Congressman Ron Paul defended the Russian government on Sunday and slammed Western leaders for spreading "propaganda" after a Malaysian Airlines plane was allegedly shot down by Kremlin-backed separatists in Ukraine.
"Western politicians and media joined together to gain the maximum propaganda value from the disaster. It had to be Russia; it had to be Putin, they said," the former presidential candidate wrote. "While western media outlets rush to repeat government propaganda on the event, there are a few things they will not report."
One of those unreported things, Paul claimed in his weekly "Texas Straight Talk" column, was the United States' own responsibility for destabilizing the region. Ukraine is currently embroiled in violent conflict between the Ukrainian government and the pro-Russian separatists.
"They will not report that the crisis in Ukraine started late last year, when EU and US-supported protesters plotted the overthrow of the elected Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych. Without US-sponsored 'regime change,' it is unlikely that hundreds would have been killed in the unrest that followed. Nor would the Malaysian Airlines crash have happened," Paul wrote
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The Paulista stoopid.
That does it. As if there were still any doubt!
This senile a*****e suffers from the same affliction of that other one, Harry Reid.
Might as easily blame the mass murder on Orville and Wilbur Wright!
Not a deliberate act?? You Putin-lovers are demented. And your side-trip into America-bashing just proves what you are.
I am a reprimanded ex-Putin supporter. I thought because of his support of the Russian Orthodox Church and traditional marriage that he was morally superior to the rot we have in office now. Now I find out he’s just another Krushchev in spandex!
F-14A
Ron Paul is a brave man—to speak his mind on an un-popular subject—its like giving toys to the Centeral American Kids or something. Maybe we do need a guy like this as president—someone who sees beyond the TV Talking points.
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