Posted on 08/28/2008 7:13:37 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
Ping.
That's gay.
That was my first thought, as well. Seems like the author may have a man-crush or some flaming tendencies.
But the lake is symbolic.
Uhm, the author is Moshe Feiglin, a staunch Israeli conservative and Zionist politician. The article is actually critical of Putin to the utmost, the first paragraph comparing Putin to other “macho” dictators.
Ezekiel the Prophet says in chapter 38 & 39 that Russia is a direct threat...along with several other nations that is allying with.
I believe that all the pieces on the game board of Biblical history are now falling into place right before our eyes.
Putin on a steed washing his face in clear water without a shirt......hilarious
Okay, I’m just a dumb Gentile, but it strikes me that social spending would be of no more help than (he thinks) military and security spending would. What Israel really needs to do, and particularly the governing class, is grow a pair.
Maybe the social spending he is talking about is for a testicular transplant.
What an ugly butchering of one of Churchill great quotes: "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour. They will have WAR!"
YES!!! More socialism, thats what will make Israel strong again!!!!
lol, a pity, they guy actually made some sense until this statement.
Israel has God - who do the Russians have?
Ant?
Just remember that a spy is an expert in espionage. Do not equate that for a minute with the ability to run a country. They are very different skills.
Historically Russia relied on the “three legged stool” idea of government. In the days of the Czar, the three legs were the nobility, the bureaucracy, and the major landholders. Towards the end, the nobility and landholders were so weak that there emerged instability, because of their reliance on the secret police.
When the communists took power, Lenin tried to abolish the bureaucracy, and Russia shut down for a short time. Then with Stalin a new stability emerged. The communist party, the military, and the KGB. Again, the three legged stool emerged. When one of the legs became too powerful, the other two would gang up and cut it down to size.
But today, Russia has again returned to instability. The first power to arise were the oligarchs, powerful businessmen who restored the economy. Then Putin brought back the secret police, now the FSB, to a position of governmental control, while downplaying the democratic parliament and other democratic institutions.
Putin left the presidency with these two powerful factions running things. And even though he was from the FSB, he saw them as too powerful, so he chose an oligarch successor. This still left the third leg of the stool unoccupied. By his actions in Chechnya and Georgia, it is obvious that Putin wants this to be the military.
The position of Prime Minister is actually better than the presidency to restore the military. And right now, most anything the military wants that Russia can afford, Putin will try to provide. Unfortunately, the one thing they need above all else is skilled manpower. Nobody is particularly interested in joining the Russian military and their national demographics, their birthrate, is awful.
So does Putin want a cult of personality? Probably not, for his direct goals. But if one emerges and helps him achieve his other goals, he is not going to frown on it. Stalin literally tried to run the Soviet Union by memo, from his desk. Putin realizes this is impossible, yet wants his program completed while he can still control things.
His terrible miscalculation about Georgia is a major setback, however.
Diplomatically, militarily, and economically, it is an international disaster for Russia. It shows how weak their military, military technology, and foreign policy is, it has also reunited Russia’s enemies who now remember that they are Russia’s enemies.
It also shows that spies and oligarchs are not necessarily adept at running military affairs. The critical thing is whether the spies and oligarchs realize how badly they screwed up, and try and fix things, or if they are unaware of their mistake and will continue blundering.
Eventually Putin will be out, and some type of three legged stool will emerge. Putin might have been wrong that the third leg will be the military, however. As much as the Russian people might want a strong military, because of xenophobia, in truth there really isn’t a threat to Russia. So an evolution of their national system might propel some other institution into its place.
Hopefully, it will be democracy reasserting itself. It would be better for Russia in the long run.
You are absolutely correct SkyDancer. Those folks who forget that the Jews are the Chosen Ones will not prevail against them. Man is foolish to think he can change the Word of God. Did God not say that if you are against the Jews you are against Him!!
btt
Spend more on social programs and less on the military?
Doesn’t sound like someone I’d like to see in charge.
All the man did was compare Putin's propaganda to Mussolini's and you and others on this thread are accusing him of homosexuality?
That is one of the most utterly irresponsible things I've ever encountered on this forum, and that's saying something.
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