Putin Exposes the Secrets of American Liberalism

Members of the Washington establishment were quick to denounce Vladimir Putin’s op ed article in Thursday’s New York Times questioning the legitimacy and legality of a U.S. attack on Syria. The White House quickly dismissed his column as “irrelevant” and a sideshow to the real issues at stake. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that Putin’s column made him want to “vomit.” Several other members of Congress, including Sen. McCain and Rep. Boehner, have denounced the column. Pundits have also weighed in against Mr. Putin’s intervention into the American debate over Syria. Many tweeters and “texters” have criticized the Times for daring to publish a column by the Russian President that is critical of President Obama and U.S. policy abroad.

There is an unspoken sub-text at play here: what President Putin said in his column is pretty much what American liberals and leftists have been saying about the United States since the 1960s. From the standpoint of American liberals, there is nothing the least bit new or controversial in anything Mr. Putin wrote in his column. He is merely hoisting President Obama and his liberal friends by their own ideological petard.

Whew, that was a weird post. First, the pronoun antecedent of "they" was not "Russian minds." It was Putin and Obama. I accused them of cynicism. I believe you don't have to be a mind reader to see that those two are cynical. It's just like momma used to say. Actions speak louder than words. By their actions, I believe they're cynics. A lot of politicians are. As for Hillary and the other weird comments, do you support Putin so much that you believe anyone who criticizes this self-important President for Life is a Hillary supporter? Newt had some harsh words for Putin. He called President for Life Putin a thug. I guess Newt's a crypto Hillary supporter, too. Most people in Eastern Europe fear Putin. I guess they're all blinded by their support for Hillary and new world order neo-cons.

Why do you think it's okay for Putin to lockup anyone who hasn't broken a law? Are you saying that only neo-Cons object to that sort of thing? I suppose all the Russians who've fled that country to the UK are Soros bankers in your mind.

I suggest you not fall too deeply in love with Augustus Putin because if you really are a conservative and you dig too deep into who how Putin really is you'll end up brokenhearted.

I've no idea who the anti-Jewish BDS movement is. If you actually knew who I am and what I do, you'd know that that's nonsense. I've no idea either why you launch an ad hominem attack alluding to strange conspiracy about me and say you're looking forward to an ad hominem attack from me. People can disagree because they've different values and different priorities without being nasty. I don't know you. I don't know what you think. I don't bend spoons. I don't read Russian minds. Try to calm down and have a nice day.

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