Is Putin Being Set Up?

humanevents.com ^ | by Patrick J. Buchanan

[alecqss]

Oh well, Putin is innocent by the virtue of not having, shell we say, a perfect murder...

Then Germany and Japan obviously did not start the WWII - because they lost it. If Osama gets killed, then it will be a sure proof that he did not order 9-11 (why, to cause his own death?!)

Caught bank robbers should be immediately released - their misfortune is a proof that they have nothing to do with the robbery.

Insurance should be declared a scam if insured event did not happen. And so forth. It would be an interesting world to live in; kind of Orwellian 1984 on steroids.

[steve-b]

Yikes!!!I said the same thing earlier today on another thread. It gets pretty scary to think I came to the same conclusion using the reverse "cui bono" method and hadn't read Pat's column.

If you came to the same conclusion, lie down until the fever dreams go away and rational thought returns.

As I noted in my previous message, this "logic" implies that Georgi Markov was actually murdered by the CIA or somebody in order to frame the Soviet government.

[steve-b]

What's next, wanting Saddam back in power?

Next? He's been saying that for some time already.

[steve-b]

Why would Stalin have Trotsky assassinated? Trotsky himself did it, right? Why would Hitler have Ernst Röhm assassinated? Röhm probably did it himself, right?

I hear that Pat's next column will describe how Julius Caesar managed to stab himself a dozen times.

[RusIvan]

But, unlike Buchanin, Putin is a Neo-Communist who wants to dominate the world.==

How you get to such conclusion?:) If you know his policy you wouldn't tell such stupid thing. Putin wnats the Russia mighty grows economically. He does everything to get it.

[RusIvan]

Why would the Russian president, at the peak of his popularity, with his regime awash in oil revenue and himself playing a strong hand in world politics, risk a breach with every Western nation by ordering the public murder of a man who was more of a nuisance than a threat to his regime? ==

Very good question. Litvinenko was indeed just near zero nuisance and no threat for Russia. He is more harming for Putin dead then alive.

[aculeus]

What's next, wanting Saddam back in power?

Pat has said that a long time ago.

Thanks for that information. (So many morons, so little time.)

[GarySpFc]

Obviously, either the article by Litvinenko is true or he hates Putin. Litvinenko's article does appear to be based on speculation.

[Jezebelle]

What other moonbat theories does Buchanan harbor? I haven't paid any attention to him in years.

[Thane_Banquo]

I really hate to agree with Buchanan, but he may be right. Seems to me if Putin wanted this guy dead, he could've simply had him disappear or something.

[NeoCaveman]

I heard that Putin hired OJ to help him look for the killer.

They'll be searching the golf courses together all next week.

[Gideon Reader]

Yes! YES!

The bitch set him up.
The Pootster, IS being compromised because of his firm stand against:
The JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSS.
The Zionist conspiracy got wise to the brave and selfless stand against them and has decided to attack this heroic soldier of the Motherland.

it's chilly in here. hand me my tinfoil hat, please.

[steve-b]

What other moonbat theories does Buchanan harbor?

The most notorious example is his flirtation with Holocaust denial (raising a bogus and irrelevant claim that "diesel fumes" are incapable of killing people).

[Jezebelle]

Geez. He really is loopy.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from Nov 27, 2006. And this is also a re-ping. Patrick J. Buchanan wrote:

Whoever poisoned Alexander Litvinenko had two goals: a long and lingering death for the KGB defector and pointing a finger of accusation for his killing right in the face of Vladimir Putin. Which leads me to believe Putin had nothing to do with it.

Who benefits indeed from dissenters and freethinkers getting offed using polonium from Russian gov't nuclear plants? Vlad Putin.

[rmlew]

The KGB agent Putin is a saint. And Churchill caused the Holocaust. And Buchanan is under medicated. He is rewritting history, poorly, or current political ends. Fine if you are a leftist.