Posted on 11/07/2014 6:08:11 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Thursday he would seek to defend Vladimir Putin's policies when he travels to Germany for ceremonies commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall this week.
Gorbachev, who is praised for his decision not to use force to quell uprisings in Eastern Europe, allowing the Berlin Wall to fall, said that Washington did Moscow wrong and Putin was the best man for the job of protecting the country's interests.
This weekend Gorbachev, 83, is scheduled to take part in the festivities commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a potent symbol of the Cold War, amid a dramatic confrontation between Moscow and the West.
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I thought Gorbachev died a while ago. I’m glad he didn’t since he’s now showing his Western media admirers his true, Communist stripes.
What? Tell that to the Lithuanians.
Will Western Liberal sycophants finally realize that they’ve been had?
Hook. Line. Sinker.
0bama to Berliners: “You didn’t tear down that wall”.
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