Posted on 02/11/2016 11:27:15 AM PST by Cronos
The leaders of the US and the EU are making a grievous error in thinking that president Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a potential ally in the fight against Islamic State. The evidence contradicts them. Putin’s aim is to foster the EU’s disintegration, and the best way to do so is to flood Europe with Syrian refugees.
..Russia has also launched a large-scale air attack against civilians in northern Syria. This was followed by a ground assault by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s army against Aleppo, a city that used to have 2 million inhabitants. The barrel bombs caused 70,000 civilians to flee to Turkey; the ground offensive could uproot many more.
It is hard to understand why US and EU leaders take Putin at his word rather than judging him by his behaviour. The only explanation I can find is that democratic politicians seek to reassure their publics by painting a more favourable picture than reality justifies. The fact is that Putin’s Russia and the EU are engaged in a race against time: the question is which one will collapse first.
...Isis (and al-Qaida before it) has recognised the achilles heel of western civilisation – the fear of death – and learned how to exploit it. By arousing latent Islamophobia in the west and inducing the public and governments to treat Muslims with suspicion, it hopes to convince young Muslims that there is no alternative to terrorism. Once this strategy is understood, there is a simple antidote: refuse to behave the way your enemies want you to.
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Putin is helping Assad win against jihadis in Aleppo who were keeping shias and christians under seige.
Soros remains scum
And this means Putin is a better guy than we thought.
Nazi scum, longtime allies of jihadists..v
Putin just grew in my estimation because Soros is his enemy
I don’t think there are many people in this world more hated than Soros.
The UK media are consistently Russophobic and pro-chechen, so this hit piece surprises me not one bit.
Their Chechen asylum citizens probably helped author it.
soros is a shriveled up old worm. I hope Islamic State shows him what they are truly capable of.
If Soros says “A”, then you can be sure the truth is “B”.
Putin should send his men to have lunch with Soros
I wonder on a regular basis why Putin has not whacked Soros.
The jihadis were there long before Putin. The jihadis will be there long after Putin. $ORO$ is a pig.
That dried-up old POS can’t die soon enough.
FU Soros.
This means Putin is a bigger threat to George Soros than ISIS is.
Putin has no interest in taking over Muslim-infested Western Europe.
George Soros is scum.
Soros began his career turning his fellow Jews over to the Nazis to be exterminated, and he’s been going down hill ever since.
If Putin would rid us of Soros I would send him thank you letter.
I can see President Trump and Putin having a talk about Soros and Soros has some bad tea soon after. We should keep the lines of communication open one of them was heard to say.
Soros has long needed to be finally put on ice. Putin can make that happen in any of a hundred ways.
I call bull because Putin knows its only a matter of time before the flood reaches him. He’s pacifying Syria so the hordes can be sent back, if that’s possible.
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