Posted on 07/26/2007 5:43:10 AM PDT by JohnA
In an interview with German Der Spiegel magazine, famous Russian writer and the Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn, has accused the West of trying to ignore and sideline Russia. He said that quite often western criticism is unfair. Russia is only starting to build democracy and it's all too easy to take it to task with a long list of omissions, violations and mistakes. Mr. Solzhenitsyn has reproached U.S for its inability to demonstrate goodwill for Mr. Putin`s friendly steps. In his opinion, only a psychological inadequacy or a disastrous shortsightedness can explain such approach. Alexander Solzhenitsyn praises Vladimir Putin for rebuilding the country.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“he thinks his country being held to impossible standards”
What - is it too much to ask to not arm the Muslims who are killing our boys in the middle east - or to arm Iran with Nukes.
I don’t think you belong here.
Mr Solzhenitsyn,the things that Putin is saying and doing can *NOT* be classified as "mistakes".Read the newspapers once in a while.Putin has brought the gulag to London (was it plutonium?) and he's also brought it to Ukraine (bringing Ukraine's communication system to a standstill).
Wake up and smell the vodka,friend....Putin is not the friend of anyone,*anywhere*,who values freedom,democracy and openness.
Check out this bunch of Russophiles on FR.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1871524/posts?page=54#54
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I think Russia is on a track to nowhere fast.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The trouble with chatboards is that nobody holds posters like you to the facts.
You are entitled to an opinion. You should also take into account the opinions of others who may embarrass you.
I think I need to read the Der Spiegel article before commenting
For a guy that was so critical of the Communists in the past, Solzhenitsyn sure gets fired up when the west doesn’t trust a “former” KGB agent? I wonder why he defends old Putin so much?
I suppose if you’d have been invaded a few times, and you took heavy hits, you’d be a little paranoid too. Instead, you have two very valuable allies ...always. These are called the Atlantic and the Pacific.
So exactly WHAT is your problem here?
Not everything “Russian” is bad.
You might try visiting the country someday.
There ARE things we could learn from them.
The Russian people are also the most SPIRITUAL on this earth. (In spite of Communist attempts to destroy that aspect).
“You make too much of a credential you fail to expand upon.
What, in your view, was Putin’s job with the KGB. Please fill us in.”
What are you talking about? Are you trying to deny that Putin is a “former” KGB agent? And what am I trying to make too much of? Once a Communist, always a Communist.
He's damn near ninty, that and the poor nutrition he received in the prison camps have probably eroded his thinking capacity considerably.
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