Yup, isolationism. Worked great in the past, ask Charles Lindbergh.
Posted on 02/17/2024 9:22:05 AM PST by Kazan
There was a time when I could concern myself with the well-being and virtue of other nations. It was in those days, not so very long ago, that ours was a nation of laws, with leaders who had its best interests at heart and who, more or less, abided by our Constitution and at least tried to do right by America.
But that time has passed.
Today we have a political class, legal system and press that prioritizes political power and profit above such mundane matters as fidelity to the Constitution, public safety, and prosperity of their fellow citizens. In the power centers of our nation's capital and major cities, our political class now has a majority coalition of leftist ideologies, cultural Marxists and cynical establishment pols feeding on the carcass of our once-great nation.
Our legal system in the capital and major cities has been hijacked to the service of that political class and notions of equal protection and fidelity to the people’s law be damned.
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I’m told that Navalny and his political movement are the victims of persecution and oppression by Russia’s president, security services and legal system, while I see our own president, legal system and security services violate our laws to jail and destroy their political opponents, great and small, by the thousands -- all the while encouraging the criminality of their fellow travelers.
So forgive me if I seem insufficiently concerned over the death of Alexei Navalny, may he rest in peace.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
This Navalny grief brouhaha was made even more ridiculous by Joe Biden speaking as though he hasn’t done the same things he accuses Putin of. Sometimes this decrepit clown should do himself a favor and shut up.
Funny how everyone hates Russians until they can use one to advance their own political narrative. They do so unable to comprehend what hypocrites they are.
Biden:
Russia man Bad!
He kill Navalny!
Me want 60 billion dollars .
Me fight Bad Man Russian.
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American Citizen: “ Me want secure Southern Border FIRST!
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Biden:
Pooty did it.
Me want money for big fight Russia.
60 billion dollars.
Or we send ‘Mercan sojers to Ukraine!
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Citizen:
But USA Congress not declare war on Russia bad man Pooty, or Russia, Russia!
No money for you old man Joe!
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Biden: me send FBI, DOJ,CIA and Cornpop get you.You no good Maga Trump maniac who want US Constitution Orange Man Bad!
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Yes folks....CWII is going to happen.
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Biden: You racis’!
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And you'll justify a Russian autocrat for killing his "enemies"?
Russian propagandists never admit they’re Russian, and won’t answer any personal questions (like where they live)
That’s why they don’t create an “about” page
Let’s simply split the difference: Joe Puden.
Yes. Isn’t that what you do with enemies, kill them, or otherwise neutralize them?
exactly
Yup, isolationism. Worked great in the past, ask Charles Lindbergh.
truly a dumb pronouncement.
“Another article covering for Putin. what a surprise”
This site anymore is so heavy with Putin/Russia lovers it’s going to need a new name.
Because “Free” is offensive to these dictator worshipers.
I’m sorry for Mr Navalny, but it’s not like he didn’t know what the consequences would be for his political activity............
DITTO all over again.
Another moderate whatever...
Yet 2 climate idiots can vandalize the Constitution and police? (Fat, ugly black women in N95 masks) do nothing.
I bet those 2 get a slap on the wrist and sue for the pain.
They said they were “ formenting a revolution “. Insurrection anyone?
Yet 2 climate idiots can vandalize the Constitution and police? (Fat, ugly black women in N95 masks) do nothing.
I bet those 2 get a slap on the wrist and sue for the pain.
They said they were “ formenting a revolution “. Insurrection anyone?
I don't believe for a second that anyone not realizing that isn't part of the problem.
Didn’t think of that angle of the story. Maybe Putin smelled a CIA rat and dealt with him.
Navalny having his senior associate caught on video soliciting tens of millions from a British spy was a bad look.
https://www.rt.com/russia/514291-navalny-aide-funding-alleged-british-spy/
Surveillance footage, recorded in the early 2010s, appears to show a close associate of Alexey Navalny seeking cash and intelligence from an alleged British spy and suggesting his anti-corruption work may benefit firms in London.The tape, which was first reported by RT television on Monday, is said to have been filmed by the Federal Security Service (FSB) sometime in 2012 and allegedly shows a meeting between Vladimir Ashurkov and an employee of the British Embassy in Moscow. Ashurkov is the executive director of the FBK, Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption organization.
[Video at RT unavailable in U.S. Video is available on x at the below link: https://twitter.com/i/status/1758544466129064212]
The person he met at a Moscow cafe was identified as James William Thomas Ford, then Second Secretary for political affairs of the UK embassy in Russia. The FSB suspected he was an MI6 agent working under diplomatic cover. The discussion presents problematic optics for Navalny and the FBK team, and appears to support the Russian government’s claim that they deserve to be considered foreign agents.
Part of Ashurkov’s pitch, recorded secretly by the security service, was dedicated to fundraising.
“If we had more money, we would expand our team, of course,” he said, adding that his goal of obtaining “a little money” like “10, 20 million dollars a year” would make a huge difference. “And this is not a big amount of money for people who have billions at stake. And that’s the message I am trying to project in my fundraising efforts and talking to people in the business community,” he said.
The FBK’s stated goal is to expose alleged cases of corruption in Russia. While it is essentially a type of journalistic organisation, its work is ultimately tied to Navalny's aims gaining political power. Ashurkov outlined the organization’s activities as “mass protests, civil initiatives, propaganda, establishing contacts with the elite and explain to them that we are reasonable people and we are not going to demolish everything and take away their assets.”
At the time of the meeting, Vladimir Putin had just returned to the Kremlin, and was taking a tougher line on foreign meddling in Russia's domestic affairs. His predecessor, Dmitry Medvedev, had been more liberal and Western-leaning and Putin's comeback was greeted negatively in the US and Britain.
In addition to explaining the FBK’s financial needs, Ashurkov said it could use information provided by the British government, particularly the Serious Fraud Office, for its exposés. The agency “has access to a lot of information that would not be available to us, from British sources” on certain Russian people. He named businessmen Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov, who both have assets in United Kingdom, as examples.
Other UK government agencies could have helped as well, the activist suggested, while London, in general, was “already taking a tougher stance towards Russia.”
The FBK’s activities would have benefited British business too, the activist said. “We will release a report on VTB bank [a major financial institution in Russia] in association with Henry Jackson society [a neo-conservative lobby group with an avowed anti-Russian agenda] in London,” he said. Allegations of corruption involving one of the largest Russian banks would “make the case that it represents a threat to European financial markets and their integrity because it is a significant player in Europe.”
The British diplomat did not commit to helping FBK during the conversation, citing the Russian legislation on foreign agents that was primed to come into force in November 2012. But he suggested turning to Transparency International for grants. Ashurkov said he doubted working with Transparency “would be effective.”
Ashurkov is currently residing in the UK, having left Russia in 2014. In his home country, he is wanted on allegations of committing fraud to finance Navalny’s 2013 campaign for the office of the mayor of Moscow.
He was one of the witnesses invited by the British Parliament for its 2018 inquiry into alleged corruption in Russia. His name was also listed in the leaked documents of the Integrity Initiative, an apparent British state-run clandestine information warfare operation linking public figures to coordinate them in supporting London’s preferred narratives and political goals.
The year the tape was allegedly filmed is incidentally the same as when a British government official finally acknowledged that an infamous fake rock espionage incident in Russia was genuine. The scandal broke in 2006 and involved British diplomats using a WiFi device disguised as a rock to collect intelligence from sources in Russia.
An association against integrity "that prioritizes political power and profit above such mundane matters as fidelity to the Constitution, public safety, and prosperity of their fellow citizens.
In the power centers of our nation's capital and major cities, our political class now has a majority coalition of leftist ideologies, cultural Marxists and cynical establishment pols feeding on the carcass of our once-great nation."
Our legal system in the capital and major cities has been hijacked to the service of that political class and notions of equal protection and fidelity to the people’s law be damned.
You and truth are complete strangers.
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