"I would say his having been the Chief of Romanian intelligence makes him an expert in his subject area, don't you think? At least Pacepa defected. Putin, on the other hand, spent his life building and upholding the genocidal regime of the Soviet Union as an officer in the dreaded KGB...and now he's the president of "Russia." Apparently the people of Russia had a real love-affair with the KGB, since Putin was elected with "72% of the vote.""
So, you want us to believe a "former" Communist who, as a security services agent had to undergo the most vigorous background screening to assure the state that he was extremely dedicated to their cause. After falling afoul of said state for dubious activities he suddenly had a change of heart and defected? Actually, he fled to save his neck. I'd love to hear from the people he oppressed while in his position in Romania, but unfortunately I cannot speak with the dead.
Regarding Putin's popularity. He is about that popular, and the 72% is actually 8 points lower than opinion polls showed prior to the election. Tell me this, would you have rathered Zuganov been elected? Or the radical anti-Semite self-hating Jew Zhirinovsky?
"Regarding Putin's popularity. He is about that popular, and the 72% is actually 8 points lower than opinion polls showed prior to the election. Tell me this, would you have rathered Zuganov been elected? Or the radical anti-Semite self-hating Jew Zhirinovsky?"
Ah, I was wondering when one of you were going to get around to bringing that up. Sounds like a typical Soviet election to me...rigged. What do the Communists call it when you present the people with false alternatives to ensure the "right" guy wins?...Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis.
"You're wrong, wrong, wrong. Putin is extremely popular with most people, but hated by Communists, neonazis, anti-Semites, nationalists, and you. You're in "good" company."
Putin is a Communist/KGB president...a real Communist, as opposed to naive street-level Communists who have most likely been tasked to "oppose" him in order to build his credibility amongst the Russian people (who, I am sure we will both agree, hate the Communists). Wasn't it Hitler who said "The German people have no idea of the extent they had to be gulled in order to be led." Same principle applies here IMO. Read Golitsyn...but don't let them catch you reading him in the Soviet Union/Russia (wouldn't be good for you health).
"After falling afoul of said state for dubious activities he suddenly had a change of heart and defected? Actually, he fled to save his neck."
Again, please cite your sources. When exactly did Pacepa run afoul with his Communist masters???