Posted on 01/28/2005 8:43:55 PM PST by Destro
Very interesting.
Not really.
Well said. I still wouldn't trust Putin or any of that crowd further than I could throw them. They wanted to destroy the US for 70 years and now that their chosen political system ended up destroying itself in the process we are supposed to think that they are our long lost buddies? Think again comrades.
Not really what? Bush is not hostile to Russia like Clinton was and like you Cold War re-treads types would like him to be and Putin had endorsed Bush for president - calling the election of Bush a victory over terrorisim.
Here are a few reasons that most Americans are, and should continue, to be anti-Russian.
US warns Russia on selling missiles to Syria
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050112/1/3ptkk.html
Pentagon ousts official who tied Russia, Iraq arms
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20041229-113041-1647r.htm
China, Russia Will Hold First War Games
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041213/D86US5QO0.html
Russia tied to Iraq's missing arms
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041028-122637-6257r.htm
Israeli officials grow wary of Russia's Mideast policy
http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2005/01/28/news/israel/wrussia0128.txt
Russia and Syria sign major weapons deal
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42595
Russia Defends Iran Nuke Stance After Bush Threat
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050118/pl_nm/iran_usa_russia_dc_1
Russia is not the USSR - welcome to the new century.
Syria, is the only Arab nation in which Christians feel free.
As for China - the British are about to start arms sales to the Chinese too.
I'll bite. The American media is, and always has, consisted of Jewish people out of proportion to their percentage of the population. Before the Russian revolution, the American media hated the Russian imperial government, and the NY Times actively campaigned on its front page to support Lenin and the reds in their efforts to destroy the throne of the tsar. I ascribe this antipathy of jews to Imperial Russia to 3 causes: 1)The pogroms of the 19th century 2)The anti monarchial and virulently anti Christian views of Jews which goes hand in hand with 3)Intellectualism over monarchy.
The rest of the media doesn't know any better and either just goes along with the big money media closely allied with Jewish media leaders, or they reflect traditional Protestant American values. Among the Protestant factions of our nation, Orthodoxy is considered very strange, ritualistic and perhaps even unchristian (due in part to ignorance). Additionally, Russia is thousands of miles away and who wants to pay attention?
Add to this mixture the fact that the political leadership of Russia is mostly post communist party hacks, who would really want to help them? In my view, they have no moral legitimacy as leaders; their hands are dirty to get positions of power.
Finally, you can't ignore economic interests. Our two nations compete for influence, oil and markets.
My two cents.
Flame away
Regards,
I wouldn't want the Communists in power because they would be worse than Putin. But once the election is over, Putin goes back to being the enemy because he leads the Russia which sided against us in Iraq.
Likewise for you, now that the election is over, it is time for you to attack stoopid neoconned arrogant imperial Boosh regardless of how much you prefer him to the alternative.
"He has been directed on several occasions to produce evidence of his wide-ranging and fantastic charges and provide it to the DoD inspector general," Mr. DiRita said in an interview. "To my knowledge, he has not done so."
Ooops.
First, it's called making an example. If you haven't noticed, the West's darling Yushchenko has already started doing the exact same thing with the biggest steel mill in Ukraine. Oh, but lark, is that a deafening silence I hear?
BTTT
True or not, you seriously under estimate the power of the US media to shape opinions of America and most are nothing but negative. I've been to over 20 countries and most have very piss poor views of America: either as anarchy and murder inc or as 280 million ultra millionaires pissing on the rest of humanity. That is trully what most believe.
Why no thank you for Russian support in Afghanistan which is major and the reason we won so quickly there?
Only commie punks buy into your crap now.
Wtf, are you the FR commie apologist or what?
To most of the world, the MSM and Holleyweird represents America. Having travelled very extensively I can tell you almost none of what is portrayed is complimentary. Most don't like America and they get that view imported to them by America. We are our own worst enemy in advertisement.
BWAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHA! Yeah, the US military is just toooo eak to take over a dirt poor country run by two-bit bandits by itself, we had to have the help of the MIGHTY russian army....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!!!!!
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