[Girlene]

Wow, Pat Buchanan wrote that pile of doo-doo feces?

From Pat's article: He saw a Mother Russia that had been looted by oligarchs abetted by Western crony capitalists, including Americans.

Right. What is Putin's net worth estimated to be? $70 billion? Putin is the king of the looting oligarchs.

[maine-iac7]

Wow, Pat Buchanan wrote that pile of doo-doo feces? From Pat's article: "He saw a Mother Russia that had been looted by oligarchs abetted by Western crony capitalists, including Americans."

In the first years following Glasnost, there was chaos - and an abundance of 'Western crony capitalists, including Americans..." with Al Gore at the head of the list.

Ole Al had/s many less than stella Russians and communist connections, inherited from his father - one of whom was often in the Gore home when he as a boy - Armand Hammer.

These 'crony capitalitsts' oozed into Russia to establish businesses, syphoning/pocketing the profits while paying their Russian employees a pittance.

It took time, but most of these scumbags slowly got pushed out...

Buchanan, if he were in Russia during those first years, could hardly have missed seeing JUST what he said he did...a mad influx of foreigners in a grab for the gold.