He is an idiot Russophile and is a disgrace to his fellow victims in the gulag.
“He is an idiot Russophile”
From the article... “Nevertheless, I dare hope that this unhealthy phase will soon be over, that all the peoples who have lived through communism will understand that communism is to blame for the bitter pages of their history.”
“Although many fortunes were amassed in Yeltsin’s times by ransacking, the only reasonable way to correct the situation today is not to go after big businesses — the present owners are trying to run them as effectively as they can — but to give breathing room to medium and small businesses. That means protecting citizens and small entrepreneurs from arbitrary rule and from corruption.”
Sounds like a fairy clear-headed gentleman to me.
Er, he’s a Russian. Its perfectly all right for him to be a Russophile. He has his nationalist point of view. He may be wrong (on Putin, say) but this is an honest error.
I would think most of the victims of the Gulag would have been Russophiles as well.
He is Russian. You are idiot.
With all due respect: Solzhenitsyn is a patriot, a genius, and a hero. His writings alone have made more of an impact for good in this world than everything you have ever done combined.
Shame on you for disparaging the name of this great and good man.
He is a Russian patriot, always has been. Do you think it is wrong to love your country?
Solzhenitsyn is probably the greatest living writer on earth.
Solzhenitsyn is a treasure of wisdom, and not just for Russians.
He's a Russian, not a Russophile. He's entitled to patriotic feelings towards his motherland, and if he were a transnational progressive without any, I would think less of him.
a disgrace to his fellow victims in the gulag.
Words fail me for telling you how vehemently I disagree.
-ccm
He is an idiot Russophile ...
These words demonstrate a despicable arrogance!
NO the idiot is you...but you know that ALREADY.
I would call you an idiot for such a statement, but the Russians understand the word idiot better than that. Their term is Balda, and seems to truly fit.
Solzhenitsyn is a true hero and in many ways a founder of the modern American conservative movement.
He reafirmed love for country
Seeking justice
Individual accountability
Individual self-will and inititive
Love of God
Strength of Character
Desire for a better future
The need for Freedom and Liberty
Government accountability
A strong nation and national will
Perservence
and many other things that our Conservative movement is all about.
I have always summed up America with three words - Life, Love and Liberty.
This is what he sought for his homeland and his people. Thru his eyes we learned that the Russian people are people that seek a better life. They are not to be confused with the government that kept them in tyranny.
Communism has been (and always will be) a great evil. The Russian people have thrown off its shackles, they seek the dream of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the vision of Ronald Reagan, the enlightenment of Margaret Thatcher. They have made and will continue to make mistakes as they move closer, but we should be helping them.
We shouldn’t throw money as did George H. W. Bush, which only grew the kleptrocracy and fed the mafia (we forgot about accountability). We shouldn’t attack their allies (especially when it serves us no national interest - and probably hurt us long term) as it only turns them against us (our attack on the Serbs) and creates an enemy out of nowhere.
Now let’s put his teachings to the test:
Love for country
Russia - The Russian people again love their nation
U.S. - Americans love their nation (with the exception of liberals)
Seeking justice
Russia - The govt is finally going after the plutocrats and thieves
U.S. - We fell short in the clinton administration, but we did get Worldcom, Enron and others
Individual accountability
Russia - They are still learning this, but getting better
U.S. - This is the opposite of “No controlling legal authority”
Individual self-will and inititive
Russia - Growing class of small business
U.S. - Small businesses make up our economic backbone
Love of God
Russia - The world’s largest Christian nation. They are still coming to grips with the ability to freely worship after the fall of evil (communism)
U.S. - The world’s second largest Christian nation. We take this for granted and the liberals try to remove this from us.
Strength of Character
Russia - This has always been good. Read about Victor I. Belenko (the mig pilot that defected)
U.S. - We had our dark days in the 90’s, but are recovering
I’m sure you can fill in the rest.
As for Solzhenitsyn and Putin:
Love of Country
Desire to see it be strong
Desire to see it be whole
Putin’s legacy is yet to be written. If he should leave office as required then it will be to his glory, and whatever harm he wrought will be minimized by the good that he brought. The future here is still cloudy, but there is much reason to be hopeful.
Solzhenitsyn is no ones puppet. If he felt that Putin was bringing back communism (this is laughable) or intended to make himself the new Czar, then we would probably see strong opposition to him.
The U.S. can only be an ally with a peer (think Great Britian). We have alliances with lesser nations but we are an ally of peers. Allies have great strength together (U.S., U.K, Australia), and stand shoulder to shoulder. Of the nations that we have alliances with they stand behind us (letting us take the bullets for their long term benefit). Our Allies are there besides us taking harm as well. Russia should be an Ally, we have a common enemy.