Putin's side of the story: Something Putin Said in His Recent Speech Caught My Eye ...

Don Surber Blog ^ | 03/19/2022

[SeekAndFind]

The cable channels have granted Zelensky billions of dollars worth of free air time to sell the public on having Americans finance his war with Russia. So far, he's received commitments to $13.6 billion in U.S. aid, money he will gladly share with the children of congressmen. Anyone who questions this is labeled a Putin puppet.

Well, I have been called worse.

There is another side of the story, weak as it may be. In a speech Power Line called, "The Madness of Vlad the Inhaler," Putin made a Zelensky-style plea to his colleagues. Most of it was BS. There is no rationalization for the invasion. See for yourself.

But this resonated with me: "I want ordinary citizens of Western countries to hear me too: they are now persistently trying to convince you that all your difficulties are the result of some hostile actions of Russia, that you have to pay for the fight against the mythical Russian threat from your own wallet. All this is a lie.

"And the truth is that the current problems faced by millions of people in the West are the result of many years of actions by the ruling elites of their states, their mistakes, myopia and ambitions. These elites are not thinking about how to improve the lives of their citizens in Western countries. They are obsessed with their own vested interests and super profits.

"Evidence of this is the data of international organizations, which directly say that social problems, even in leading Western countries, have only worsened in recent years, that inequality is growing, the gap between rich and poor, racial and national conflicts are making themselves felt."

Putin is using the left's own arguments against the left.

He lashed out at economic sanctions which he has countered by limiting grain and fertilizer exports, which will send soaring food prices even higher. $5 gasoline? Hah. Wait till we have $5 milk.

He pointed out the amorality of the economic sanctions that drew blood.

He said, "All verbal tinsel about political correctness, inviolability of private property, freedom of speech -- all this flew off overnight. Even the Olympic principles were trampled on. They did not hesitate to settle scores with the Paralympic athletes - this is such a sport outside of politics."

That is a reference to a New York Times report, "In Reversal, Paralympics Bars Athletes From Russia and Belarus."

Those cheering the firing of an opera soprano or requiring a Denunciation of Putin Card for a Russian to play at Wimbledon need to realize that they are next. You can never be woke enough because the rules are constantly changing. Tennis champ, Martina Navratilova, a pioneer in lesbian rights, is now an outcast because she dares question transgenderism.

Putin knows this and he plays against it. He lashed out at oligarchs who have been Westernized.

He said, "I am not at all judging those who have a villa in Miami or the French Riviera, who cannot do without foie gras, oysters or so-called gender freedoms. The problem is absolutely not in this, but, I repeat, in the fact that many of these people, by their very nature, are mentally located precisely there, and not here, not with our people, not with Russia."

Of course the cable channels label his nationalism as evil while Zelensky's nationalism is saintly.

I don't think this war will do in Putin or Zelensky. Patriotism rings true in sane countries.

History shows that Russians may be dumb as bears but they do love their country. They call World War 2 the Great Patriotic War. Millions of deaths did not bring Stalin down because he saved the country in the eyes of his countrymen.

Putin is of course KGB. That means he knows of the world outside of Russia. He knows it well.

His line about "so-called gender freedoms" echoes across the globe. Many see Uncle Sam now as a drag queen.

In journalism, there are at least two sides of every story or else it is not journalism.

The collapse of the Soviet Union liberated hundreds of millions of people in Poland, Ukraine and all those Stans.

But the collapse also humiliated the Russian people, just as the World War I reparations humiliated Germany.

Russia had no business invading Ukraine.

We have no business being in Ukraine. But we are up to our necks in it because a corrupt government and its corrupt corporations pay Hunter Biden and other offspring of politicians well.

Writing off Putin's speech as madness may make you feel good and superior, but it also makes you look shallow and weak.

[Georgia Girl 2]

You are not wrong.

[devere]

Joe Biden stole the Presidency with fraudulent votes, but even he is better than Putin, God help us all.

Until Putin is no longer leading Russia, it is a bad idea to relax the sanctions and deal with Russia as a normal nation. Of course we shouldn’t try to change the government of Russia ourselves. That’s up to the Russians to do, and I hope they will.

[logi_cal869]

Nailed it.

[logi_cal869]

LOL. Stole my thunder, but I had mine last night.

[jpsb]

If it wasn’t for the fing neocons like HW Bush, Bill Clinton and W Bush Russia would be our “friend” and ally. The USA and Russia are natural allies in a world where communist China dominates Asia.

But our leaders are so stupid they can’t see that and the warmongering neocons constantly demand war. So war with Russia is just fine with them even thou that just drives Russia into the arms of our mortal enemy the CCP.

As for the Ukraine, who gives a damn, I certainly don’t. The eastern half including the Crimea is Russian. I don’t know what the western half is but I do know it’s not worth dying over. I feel sorry for those caught in war, it was completely unnecessary. Their leader mr K made some very bad decisions, he should resign and let someone a lot smarter than him make a deal with Putin.

“We do not have a dog in this fight”

[jpsb]

We gave South Vietnam our best shot, but couldn’t take the losses any more, dooming tens of millions of South Vietnamese to totalitarian rule.

Complete Bullsh*t, we left Vietnam with an honorable peace treaty, the Paris Accords, two years after the signing of that treaty while Richard Nixon was fighting Democrats for his political life North Vietnam violated the treaty and the Democrats would not allow Nixon to take action.

Democrats lost Vietnam not "We". Democrats are the cause of most of our problems and have been ever since that idiot Truman took the office of POTUS.

[Vaduz]

We are up to our necks in it because a corrupt government and its corrupt corporations.

Trump was the whistle blower on them and was doing a hell of good job in such a shot tome getting things in proper order and the corrupt did everything to stop him and make sure he doesn’t return.
They have caused their own demise the last election has open many eyes to the con job we were handed.

[tlozo]

The Slavs and that region are both the birthplace and early protectrate of “mother” Russia.

Poles are also Slavs, who like the Ukrainians have a separate culture from "mother" Russia.

[dfwgator]

Poles are also Slavs, who like the Ukrainians have a separate culture from "mother" Russia.

"Mother" Russia never got the memo.

[cgbg]

Be careful what you wish for—many Russians want a leader even more nationalistic than Putin.

Most westerners are very naive on this point.

[StAnDeliver]

"All verbal tinsel about political correctness, inviolability of private property, freedom of speech -- all this flew off overnight. Even the Olympic principles were trampled on..."

"...particularly when I abused my appearance at the CCP Olympics as cover to communicate my invasion plans to the Chairman, who said, "Ru not invade during Orympics, Xi give ru credit card."

The singularly dumbest blog-pimp ever posted here.

But as dumb as Don is, he's still smarter than you, Seekie. ESAD.

[dfwgator]

Just as New York City doesn’t represent the entire United States, Moscow does not represent all of Russia.

Most of Putin’s opposition lives in the big cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, but outside of those cities, they are very pro-Putin.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: But as dumb as Don is, he’s still smarter than you, Seekie. ESAD.

Can you elaborate as to why?

[Clutch Martin]

History of Russia up to the revolution
https://youtu.be/w0Wmc8C0Eq0

The Slavs were a key ingredient to defeating the Tartars and providing hundreds of years of protection to the Rus against all enemies foreign and domestic.

This whole adventure has a very long and difficult history. The 20th century was but a small piece of that history.

[eyedigress]

You have no authority in Taiwan or China.

I guess you would have the Army of the USA just dance all over the world.

Weak leadership has brought us here. The USA needs to back off when we have idiots in charge.

That is what will get us killed.

[devere]

Of course Russia will want to choose a very pro-Russian leader, but not one whose mind is living in the past like Putin’s is. The real threat to Russia is from China, not Poland, Germany, and the USA. After Putin is gone, Russia may someday decide to join NATO to help protect Siberia from the Chinese.

[cgbg]

From what I have read about Russia and Russias (before the current hysteria), they view the US and Europe as their primary threat.

However, their fear is not military specifically, but rather cultural.

The Woke and Cancel Culture revolution in the West terrifies them, and they want to maintain their own identity and culture against that onslaught.

China has no such aggressive cultural agenda.

[devere]

Poland and the Ukraine do not have a woke culture. All they have that threatens the current ruler of Russia is representative democracy. Once Putin is gone, the Eastern Europeans, including Russia, can try to save the rest of us from the woke insanity.

[jonrick46]

"You have no authority in Taiwan or China."

Whose point of view are your words? If you were an American, you would say "We have no authority in Taiwan or China." If you are saying I have no authority, what happened to "We the People?" I suspect you are speaking from a country that has no concept of our Constitution and our right as citizens to demand how we use our military. Therefore, how much are you getting paid to support the Russians and the CCP?

[Mr. K]

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