The people of Hitler’s Germany behaved in a similar fashion. Obviously, it’s not easy to accept that your own country’s leader is capable of mass murder and crimes against humanity. But Russia’s Putin provides another example of an incompetent sociopath somehow climbing to the top of the political ladder in a country.
Just as I always thunk. Russians and Liberals are birds of a feather.
Joe, this is my opinion. Russia accepts putin’s lies in the same vain many Americans accept obama’s lies. Can’t call it hero worship but maybe it can be called man worship.
The dynamics of the propagandized populace sound so much like Obama’s solid 40 % approval with the media obfuscation buttressing the delusions. At least they have a 10-fold rise of income to celebrate and protect, so they believe. What does Obama offer compared to that, free birth control and a phone?
We don’t have much room to talk. The people living in this country fall for Obammie’s lies EVERY time.
“Why Russia buys Putin’s lies”
Well, if I were Russian, I’d sure have a tough time believing Obama...it’s hard enough to believe Obama being an American.
Well, we have some people right here on FR who buy Putin’s propaganda. Not surprising that many Russians do as well.
I have no illusions that Putin is some sort of God fearing, democracy loving moral leader... I don’t think that is a fair appraisal of the man.
I also have the same misgivings about the current leader of Ukraine. And I also hold our own president in rather low esteem.
I obviously don’t know all the facts concerning the horrific downing of the Malaysian passenger jet, but I would be shocked if it was downed on purpose. The tragedy serves no one, not Russia, not Ukraine and least of all the eastern separatists involved in civil war.
It seems most probable to me that it was shot down by the separatists using a Russian built missile system. It seems probable that Russians may have been in attendance when the horrific deed was done.
I think they thought it was a Ukrainian military jet and a legitimate target of the civil war.
I can’t imagine why the pilot of the Malaysian jetliner was traveling over a hot war zone!? Was he mad? incompetent? or simply a fool following orders? I wish I knew.
In war, terrible things happen. Terrible things happened in our war of independence and our own bloody civil war.
Many would say that outsiders should refrain from meddling or giving assistance to either side in a civil war or a war for separation and independence. Outsiders are generally involved in such wars however. In the case of the conflict raging in Ukraine both the US and Russia have meddled and supported the parties involved. The results for both have been shameful and ignominious.
I hope and pray that events do not spiral out of control for those who have foolishly involved themselves in the Ukrainian war.... We are directly involved and so is Russia.
Both nations have freely decided to inject themselves into this mess...both have unclean hands.
I hope that I am wrong but I feel we are on the precipice of a world war because of our involvement in Ukraine and Syria. I pray God is merciful and helps us find our way out this mess... a mess we are at least partially responsible for.
Given the questionable leadership we are saddled with here in the US I think it is a good time to start worrying and start praying for guidance.
I’ve often wondered about Russian polls.
If you were a Russian, how would you respond to a poll about KGB PUTIN?
I have heard a convincing theory that he is raising a sense of nationalism to the Russians: the feeling that the country is a still a great power because they are great people.
A sense of proud-ness lost when the empire fell brought back.
Making fools of the US Obama administration showing them weak and powerless.
Just like the Ruskies here on FR they will never admit Russia or Putin is ever guilty of anything.
There could be video of Putin stabbing a old Ukrainian veteran 42 times and his video taped confession of it and they would excuse it away as Kiev propaganda.
Russia could nuke the US and the Ruskies here would blame the Ukrainian bellboy at the Holiday Inn in NYC or how it is the US’s fault.
Putinistas on this site, too, are in love with him and cannot believe he did this. They think he’s just a good fellow, and they think all that talk about the KGB is either not true or just a youthful indiscretion. The fact that his pops was a commie secret policeman doesn’t matter. The fact that he steals from his people doesn’t matter either. The fact that he’s president for life doesn’t matter. To them, he’s a find conservative.
Ooops, you will burst the Putinistas bubble
Why do we buy our politician's lies?