I see Putin’s references to God as about as sincere as Obama’s attendance Reverend Wright’s church. They do this for political reasons; it’s cynical. I know a lot of conservatives find Putin’s comments comforting, but they forget that Putin worked for the KGB long after the details of the Gulag were well known. Certainly, he being in the KGB knew the horrors. Yet he consider the collapse of the USSR the worst event in the 20th Century, not WWI, not the Bolshevik Revolution, not WWII, not the Holocaust, and not the Gulag. I’d be more convinced that Putin’s found Jesus if he’d stop killing his political opponents. But hey, that’s just me. I’m a conservative that doesn’t get swayed by mere rhetoric.
I agree with all you said about Putin.
It’s sad though that he is speaking the rhetoric whether he believes it or not.
He is really mocking Obama in a big way.
“They do this for political reasons; it’s cynical.”
Really? So you read Russian minds. Can you also bend spoons with your mind?
“I’d be more convinced that Putin’s found Jesus if he’d stop killing his political opponents.”
Let me guess. You’re a Hillary/Navalny supporter. Do you also back the anti-Jewish BDS movement? I bet you do. I’ve run across a good number of you leftist trolls when I did contract work for Israeli companies.
A little background: The Nazi Soros and his Russian bankers tried to strip Russia of its treasure. Putin stepped in and stopped them. He arrested a number of Soros bankers and threw them in prison. Then Russia issued an arrest warrant for Soros that still stands today.
The New World Order neo-cons are pissed that Putin locked up a few of their elitist buddies.
I look forward to your ad hominem attacks after you consult with your Open Society masters at Media Matters.