Posted on 05/28/2007 2:00:00 AM PDT by RusIvan
Putin is guilty.
Also, please remove me from your unsolicited ping lists, unsolicited pings are spam.
Not all peoples are meant for such rule.
Which country do you reside, since you 'love Americans'?
I disagree all humans are entitled to the same treatment. Why should those in authority have special rights?
Putin’s Russia is not the USSR. Sorry.
I disagree. Culture and history should be respected and it’s a mistake to assume that one system works for everyone.
How enlightening, great beacon of knowledge from the Great White North deigning to bless us humble Americans with our heads in the sand with your knowledge. Were you even alive then? I was living in Europe at the time. How about you?
And to your trenchant historical note, I would say "Thank God". As would the hundreds of millions of people liberated by that event. But you can understand why for many Europeans and Asians the Soviet Union was viewed as Russian imperialism writ large. And with a former KGB agent in the Kremlin, they remain wary of their paranoid neighbor.
I will agree that economically Putin has been much better for Russia than Yeltsin and he deserves his domestic popularity. The US and the world benefit from a strong and prosperous Russia. But his stated view that the collapse of the Soviet Union was one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th Century makes his neighbors a little nervous. How about you?
His statement about the collapse wasn’t a lament about the system but rather about Russia’s standing in the world. Hey, few were happier than my family and I that the USSR collapsed. But for Russians it is still a bitter pill to swallow to know that they’ve lost (and rightfully so) Empire. But being a Russian leader, Putin has to be sensitive to those feelings.
But for Russians it is still a bitter pill to swallow to know that they’ve lost (and rightfully so) Empire.
But according to you Russians and Soviets are not the same thing. All that came to an end in 1991. Now no one has anything to fear from peaceable Russia. It was those bad Soviets. So why should Russians be upset with the loss of the Soviet empire?
Care to wonder how Russia’s neighbors might feel about Putin’s “sensitive” comments?
You’re correct: Putin’s Russia is not the Soviet Union.
Don’t buy from LUKOIL or GETTY stations either. These stations get their oil from Russian and Venezuelan sources and are owned by the Russian (Soon to be Soviet again) government.
Thanks for the tip. I knew about LUKOIL, but now GETTY is another one which shall now remain in the rear view mirror.
Sorry, I don't believe in Berezovsky-inpsired fairy tales. Putin took out the Chechen jihadis, and opposes the theft of Serbian land as well as Muslim control of Bosnia.
Good man.
Thanks for that. None of those in my area either, but I’ll remember if I see them when traveling.
Was your hero Putin sensitive to the feelings for those he ordered murdered?
Those stations are primarly in the Northeast US.
Ah!
Well it’s possible that we could be in those parts in the future. My hubby’s job entails lots of travel. We live in a 40’ fifth wheel because of it.
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