Comparing Putin to other ex-Communists, or to Socialist demagogues like Hitler or Obama--and yes there are too many parallels between them to ignore--is absurd. Putin, in the 21st Century, shows none of the doctrinaire Marxist. Not only the ex-Communists, but both Obama & Hitler have/had repeatedly advocated Marxist ideas (income inequality as a major problem, demonizing the 1%/or Jews, etc.; or for that matter trying to force your ideology on other peoples).
As for cutting some corners to reverse a wrong-headed system? How could you do otherwise? Did not the American Revolution cut some legal corners? Did Pinochet not have to cut corners to remove the Marxist influence & control in Chile?
No one suggests that Putin is a saint. But the policies, which he openly avows, are ones far more in line with American traditional policies than some of those advocated by Clinton/BushII/Obama.
And does anyone here actually believe that there is anything wrong with trying to stop people with aberrant sexuality from trying to recruit children?
William Flax
Amen
I second the amen plus......
Putin has a really tough job.
He inherited a population of pretty much dysfunctional alcoholic men and women that held the place together working with poor or no leadership. The international investment was stolen by the old communists that didn’t understand the difference between revenue and profit. They destroyed the companies and the country by taking all the cash flow and sending it to Zurich.
The women ceased having babies resulting in a precipitous population decline as the old alcoholic men and the worn out women just died. He used his resource sales to get by because he had no industry and no products other than weapons and heavy arms worth a damn to sell. We don’t know how many but a lot of young Russians are now Americans or Brits or Frogs. They fled the land of no opportunity.
Russia population 141 million GDP US$1.86 trillion
Japan population 127 million GDP US$5.96 trillion
Putin has my wife
Not literally
Not yet
Lock her up he comes to Nashville..lol
She likes his bravado and cultural keeness
I like it too..fully aware how he is i ...wish we had someone like half he is