Posted on 12/17/2013 9:58:01 AM PST by Neoliberalnot
With America clearly in mind, Putin declared, "In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered."
"They're now requiring not only the proper acknowledgment of freedom of conscience, political views and private life, but also the mandatory acknowledgment of the equality of good and evil."
Translation: While privacy and freedom of thought, religion and speech are cherished rights, to equate traditional marriage and same-sex marriage is to equate good with evil.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
castro loved power and control - I never saw love or respect for the Cuban people... not even a hint of it past his first few months in office...
Putin frightens me more than any Russian leader since Andropov.
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Buchanan is a conservative-libertaria...not surprised yhat is not readily seen...same as Jefferson, Taft, Goldwater, Dr Ron Paul, Reagan, Etc.
Semper Watching!
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Regardless of WHAT form of government the Russian people may be subject to, even a relatively representative republic that reflects faith, respect of personal property and moral behavior, the aims and categorical imperatives would STILL set that nation in direct competition with and in opposition to that territory once known as “the United States of America”.
The leadership of Russia has been immeasurably assisted in this striving for supremacy by the abject surrender and retreat of the Current Regime now squatting in the White Hut (or “Spite Hut”), and for that, the rising star over Russia has moved, ably and perhaps with greater future good for the world, to the forefront in international leadership. The Russians have been pragmatic in their foreign policy, assisting those who may be of some benefit to the aspirations of their nation, and undercutting or actively repressing possible sources of conflict. Freedom is not a consideration here, national identity is.
The Current Regime is seen as singularly uncommitted to the preservation of the interests of what was always known as “The United States of America”, pursuing instead some radical internal revolution, designed to cripple and subjugate any opposition within the country.
As Rush Limbaugh once said, at the onset of the Current Regime, “I hope he (Obama) fails.”
The future restoration of “the United States of America” DEPENDS on the failure of the Current Regime, at almost every juncture.
Polonium Pooty-Poot Putin? No, he’s not one of us, Buchanan, you fool!
I agree with your comments.
I will say that people tend to lean towards the area that offers them the most potential.
The United States has failed to reveal the potential of the West to improve the lives of Russians.
IMO, it’s that simple.
We don’t need to go overboard. We can move in that direction reasonably and calculatedly, but it helps nobody for Russia and the United States (and the greater ‘West’) to have friction, unless the diabolical China.
Bush should have held summits with Putin. We should pursue it once we have someone with an IQ over that of a nine year old in the White House again.
Look, we all know who Putin was and is.
Now, is it better to have him as an enemy, or a friend at arm’s length.
Russia has been invaded from the West. Sure it is leery of the West. I do think Putin can see problems with China too.
We need to work out a relationship that is reasoned and beneficial to both nations. We have failed to pursue that to the extent we should have.
The only alternative is for Putin to go ahead and align with China in perpetuity. Would that be helpful?
With the way America is going, and seeing its continued decay into degeneracy, homo-fascism and persecution of Christians, I can almost envision (in a surreal/dystopian sci-fi novel manner), America becoming a primary force for evil in the world, and an eventual scenario in which there might be countrymen who would welcome an invasion/liberation by moral, Christian Russian forces.
Sci-fi? Well, no more “way-out” than the freak-show America has already become!
Yes, there is room for more peaceable relations between the two countries, but we should always be wary of them. In fact, be wary of everyone.
Putin's Poison?
by Peter Brookes, November 27, 2006
The death of former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko, last week from radioactive Polonium-210 poisoning is the latest in a series of politically motivated attacks on the outspoken opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed112706a.cfm
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Yushchenko: Russia blocking poisoning probe
By Bonnie Malkin and agencies, September 12, 2007
Mr Yushchenko before and after the poisoning
"Mr Yushchenko, a pro-European politician who wanted to bring his country [The Ukraine] out of Russia's shadow, fell seriously ill on September 6, 2004 as he was competing in presidential elections against a pro-Moscow candidate, Viktor Yanukovich, now prime minister.
After months of tests in an Austrian clinic, it was determined that he had ingested a massive amount of the poison dioxin.
Although he survived, his face was left bloated and pockmarked, and he has had to undergo regular treatment to rid his body of the toxin.
In an interview with Le Figaro he said he believed the dioxin used to disfigure him was made in a Russian lab.
Mr Yushchenko did not directly accuse the Russian government of being behind his poisoning, but he did say he had 'practically put all the pieces together' and the attempt against him 'was not a private action'. ..."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1562838/Yushchenko-Russia-blocking-poisoning-probe.html
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"Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (born February 23, 1954) is the third and current President of Ukraine". He took office on January 23, 2005. [there is a new pro-Putin president since]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yushchenko
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(Ukraine) Hunt starts for Yushchenko's poisoner:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/1478922/Hunt-starts-for-Yushchenko%27s-poisoner.html
Whoa - telling pictures....
I agree.
Vladimir Putin praised Cold War-era scientists on Thursday for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets so that United States would not be the world's sole atomic power, in comments reflecting his vision of Russia as a counterweight to U.S. power.
Spies with suitcases full of data helped the Soviet Union build its atomic bomb, he told military commanders.
"You know, when the States already had nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union was only building them, we got a significant amount of information through Soviet foreign intelligence channels," Putin said, according to state-run Itar-Tass.
"The were carrying the information away not on microfilm but literally in suitcases. Suitcases!"
Putin's remarks referred to the dawn of the Cold War more than half a century ago, but they echoed a message he has made loud and clear more recently: that the United States needs to be restrained, and Russia is the country to do it. …
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Appeasement: From ObamaCare to recess appointments, honoring the Constitution has not been an administration hallmark. But when it comes to betraying secrets to mollify the Russians, it becomes a document the president hides behind.
It was bad enough that the 2012 defense authorization bill signed by President Obama set America on a downward spiral of military mediocrity.
He also issued a signing statement, something he once opposed, saying that language in the bill aimed at protecting top-secret technical data on the U.S. Standard Missile-3 — linchpin of our missile defense — might impinge on his constitutional foreign-policy authority.
Section 1227 of the defense law prohibits spending any funds that would be used to give Russian officials access to sensitive missile-defense technology as part of a cooperation agreement without first sending Congress a report identifying the specific secrets, how they'd be used and steps to protect the data from compromise.
The president is required to certify that any technology shared will not be passed on to third parties such as China, North Korea or Iran, that the Russians will not use transferred secrets to develop countermeasures and that the Russians are reciprocating in sharing missile-defense technology.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...
Resurgent Communism in Latin America
by Alex Newman, March 16, 2010:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/world-mainmenu-26/south-america-mainmenu-37/3122-resurgent-communism-in-latin-america?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=
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From the Russian News and Information Agency:
July 27, 2006
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html
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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."
Just a slob like one of us?
The two sides [Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia] agreed to "promote and enhance friendly relations" in line with the joint declaration of July 19, 2000 and the Russia-DPRK friendship and good neighborly cooperation treaty of February 9, 2000.
Putin and Kim agreed during their talks to promote a Russian- DPRK political dialogue on the Korean issue and international affairs, and discussed many topical international problems, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Prikhodko told reporters following the talks.
The two leaders spoke for an independent and peaceful solution to the issue of reunification of the Korean Peninsula, and against "any outside obstacles to this process" as "unacceptable."
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