[goldstategop]

In those days, the KGB served the Party. Today, the renamed FSB - the "siloviki" - run the country and are effectively a law unto themselves, answerable to no one.

"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."

[bruinbirdman]

"Today, the renamed FSB - the "siloviki" - run the country and are effectively a law unto themselves, answerable to no one"

So, we won The Cold War by defeating the Commies. All the poor USSR beg for western democracy.

Clinton kicks out Yeltsin puts in Putin.

We also won WWII by defeating the Nazis. Poor Axis nations beg for western democracy.

Putin KGB/FSB running Russia is like Germany being run by the Gestapo after WWII.

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