Russian newspaper delivers some bitter truths to Putin

The Sunday Telegraph ^ | September 12, 2004 | Catherine Belton

[familyop]

See the links behind the following link if you missed them before you saw this thread. The only reason I don't see the situation as others do now has to do with some information from my prior Army service, some study of History on Russia (both before and after the Soviet years) and what I learned from a few Russian acquaintances. Although there are a very few values basic to all, peoples in many parts of the world actually think differently from us about quite a few matters. For example, some cultures respect pride much more than humility, and others, the transverse. And some things don't change very quickly.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1213460/posts?page=5#5

[struwwelpeter]

"Beat BAB (Boris Abramovich Berezovskiy), save Russia!"

[ExSoldier]

I hope he's had his eyes opened and joins us now! I hope he sees why WE are fighting, and sees the necessity of joining us to fight global terrorism on THEIR turf before they bring it to OURS.

I think you're being a bit naive. Don't forget that the former USSR (of which Putin was a part) was the primary funding source for a huge network of anti USA terror networks from the 1960's thru the 1980's. Ronald Reagan called them the Evil Empire for a bunch of very valid reasons. Don't make the mistake of thinking that just because communism failed in that country, that they now have flocked to the banner of righteousness. Putin has always had his own agenda. I wouldn't put it past him to use the school tragedy to justify a sudden and dramatic military buildup across the board to combat the scourge of international terrorism. Yah right.

I think Putin and much of the rest of the pols in that nation want a return to the stage of being a world superpower on a level with the USA. This is one way for Russian boots to do some high powered walkin'.

[mrsmel]

You're right, I was totally naive on this,and am reading the suggested links and other things to learn more.

[CWOJackson]

It was only recently that Putin was publically bemoaning the fall of the Soviet Union and blaming Yeltsin (and I'm sure, the United States) for it. That Putin is not the head of the Soviet Empire sticks in his throat.

I am equally amazed at the number of people who somehow have forgotten the enemy Reagan defeated...and now tout the praises of Putin.

[ExSoldier]

I am equally amazed at the number of people who somehow have forgotten the enemy Reagan defeated...and now tout the praises of Putin.

I am just as amazed at the folks who revere Nelson Mandela as some kind of hero. He who gets hugs and tender kisses from Ghadaffi and Castro. That ought to have been a world wake up call, but it was just more liberal grist for the mill.

[ExSoldier]

BTW, Welcome to Free Republic.

[mrsmel]

Thanks, I feel like grasshopper here:)

[ExSoldier]

My father was born in Moscow in 1907. Was a distant relative of the Czar. Of the four books of the czar's family, my dad's line is in #3. Yet he managed to get away just before the communist revolution, and graduate MIT at the top of his class. His eventual security clearance helped me to get mine after I got my army commission. I know what I know about that part of the world from talks with my late dad and his ummmmm "friends" who used to drop by the house frequently during the Cuban missile crisis.

Somebody else on this thread said that Putin is incompetent and that Russia is now paying for it. I don't think so. I think he's a ruthless, shrewd and calculating guy with a definite agenda that is right on track.

[nw_arizona_granny]

ping and lots of good links