Posted on 11/17/2023 8:21:55 PM PST by NoLibZone
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin waited three days before commenting on Hamas' massacre of Israelis, which happened to take place on his 71st birthday. When he did, he blamed the United States, not Hamas.
"I think that many will agree with me that this is a clear example of the failed policy in the Middle East of the United States, which tried to monopolise the settlement process," Putin told Iraq's prime minister. It was a further six days before Putin spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer his condolences for the slaughter of around 1,200 Israelis. Ten days after that, Russia said a Hamas delegation was in Moscow for talks.
Putin, say Russian and Western policy experts, is trying to use Israel's war against Hamas as an opportunity to escalate what he has cast as an existential battle with the West for a new world order that would end U.S. dominance in favour of a multilateral system he believes is already taking shape.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin waited three days before commenting on Hamas’ massacre of Israelis, which happened to take place on his 71st birthday.
When he did, he blamed the United States, not Hamas.
This article is pushing the traditional Arab-Israeli conflict narrative, when no nation is making any policy on it. Its all talk because experts have to say something even when they know nothing.
He still hasn’t condemned the baby-murdering
Guess Russia thinks that is OK
Putin condemned Israel for bombing Gaza.
Just as Rashida Tlaib has.
Isn’t abortion legal in Canada up until 40 weeks?
Doesn’t Russia have one of the highest abortion rates in the World?
Like more than twice the rate of the US?
In 2011 Russia passed a 12 week abortion ban, with a 22 week rape exception. In 2020 Russia’s abortions have fallen to almost one third of what they were in 2009. They have made some progress.
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