Posted on 05/10/2006 10:51:32 AM PDT by lizol
"Comrade Putin shows that he is the real enemy. Russia is the real power behind the axis of evil."
Hear, hear!
And his flag
LMAO
"Sounds like that internally Russia is in heap big trouble. This always seems to be the case when a country's leader plays the "Remember Stalingrad!" card.
You know, get the people worked up over, and focused on, some large, vague external "enemy", every bump in the night, every stranger on a bicycle. All so their minds won't be on how bad things are in the homeland."
You've picked out the real issue here. It's deflection of internal problems. Having read the speech in its original language, I don't think there is any way shape or form that he will be able to accomplish even half of what he's laid out.
Having said that, the news article has misstated a lot of what Putin actually said. Perhaps to make it sound more ominous than it was? Who knows.
The Russians would be better off building their own "Krepost" (fortress) by ensuring their people are able to live in a economically stable country with safe public facilities, a modern infrastructure, and an Armed Forces that can garauntee that the main "killer" of their soldiers won't be their fellow soldiers. Nothing he said in the speech gave me any hope that they'll make any inroads on these issues.
Instead, this will be a huge way for a lot of corrupt guys to steal $$$$ from the programs they've identified for funding.
Nonetheless should make for an interesting G-8 meeting.
Actually Putin shows he's in trouble at home. That speech was not really for us. That was for his generals and hardliners who have been grumbling about Russia's lack of prestige in the world and how the US has been able to "creep up to their borders." I don't think all is well in the house of Putin. But before you start cheering, take a long hard thought about what could come after him.
Remove the social safety net and make Russia a free country, and people might actually want to have children and continue living there, Vlad, you asthma-hound chihuahua, you.
very catholic of you lizol. you know you'll answer in purgatory for your treatment of others not simply other you like.
Russia does not equal the US and never will. ==
Thta is the problem. To be a "ass-licker" Russia cann't either. America has the lot of "ass-lickers" without Russia.
Comrade Putin shows that he is the real enemy. Russia is the real power behind the axis of evil.===
You are crazy:).
Russia just wants to be left alone from american "ass-lickers" and Dick Cheney.
Putin is an ayatollah ass-licker and a Chavez chump. Putrid putin needs to pay for the commie crimes of the KGB and Cheka. Death to the murdering scum Putin!
And what administration hasn't been asslicking the KLA(American soldiers still backing them in Kosovo)? Saudi Arabia(still refusing to do anything about their obviously complicity in terror)? Turkey(won't call obvious genocide exactly that so that Christians canseek restitution from insurance companies for their loved ones)?
Russia aside TJ you know darn well America need to stand up to these islamists as well, not just Iran.
My dear american friends. They let's bomb(nuke) Russia while it is weak.
And problem of world will pass away
More hate from the Poles.
Never got over what Russia did to False Dmitri did you...
hate?????? oh no! this is just pragmatism ;)
Putrid putin needs to pay for the commie crimes of the KGB and Cheka. Death to the murdering scum Putin!==
Putin was in "CIA" department of KGB. Nothing to do with political police. KGB included even the border guards and secure goverment communication department. Only ONE of 10+ departments was political police. The 5th department. Putin served not there.
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