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Is Putin Worse Than Stalin?
Townhall.com ^ | July 25, 2014 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 07/25/2014 11:10:00 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 07/25/2014 11:10:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

The real question is Obama worse than Putin...there’s no doubt in my mind...


2 posted on 07/25/2014 11:11:15 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Kaslin

I thought Whoopie said Stalin was misunderstood?


3 posted on 07/25/2014 11:12:29 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Actually, if you are familiar with either, you’d know that Obama aspires to be Putin.


4 posted on 07/25/2014 11:12:53 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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My concern is that zer0 is up there with Stalin hitler and Mao. We are in a world of hurt. We are being invaded in the south and our dear leader is out there fund raising.


5 posted on 07/25/2014 11:13:01 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Zer0 doesn’t have the stones to be Putin. Or Palin for that matter.


6 posted on 07/25/2014 11:14:00 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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He needn’t aspire; he’s already there and then some. He just uses a different m.o. of deception on a massive scale.


7 posted on 07/25/2014 11:14:28 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Kaslin

Is Putin worse than Stalin? No, not yet, not nearly. We can give him time, but like other posters, I’m more worried about where Zero would go if he was unconstrained.


8 posted on 07/25/2014 11:14:33 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Not yet.

Our leader is hoping to win the prize though...


9 posted on 07/25/2014 11:15:19 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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I don’t know, has Putin killed(murdered) 40 Million or so people yet? How many People has Putin Sentenced to the gulags? I would say “No”.


10 posted on 07/25/2014 11:22:51 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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From FDR on, U.S. presidents have felt that America could not remain isolated from the rulers of the world's largest nation.

Not too long ago Buchanan was comparing this "leader" to the Pope. What Buchanan describes as "necessary" reapproachments with Moscow was merely appeasement and weakness. Hence the Russkies have kept on killing, and are still as much a threat to us as they were when the cold war supposedly ended. Even worse now, because we let down our guard as a nation.

Hence why defectors like Anatoliy Golitsyn and others warned us not to fall for any supposed liberalization of Russia. Until the KGB and underground communist structures are dismantled, the Reds will continue murdering people.

As for the U.S. supposedly launching a "U.S. backed coup" for a "legitimately elected leader." He's full of crap. This "leader" was violating the Ukrainian constitution, looting the treasury, dismantling the military, and having opponents picked up and beaten by his special police. He also did the exact opposite of what he campaigned for. Furthermore, he fled the country to a foreign enemy, wasn't even toppled, and the same government that was elected in 2012 remained in power.

Buchanan and the Ron Paul wing of the party are Russkie bootlickers and need to be purged from the party.

11 posted on 07/25/2014 11:25:47 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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How many People has Putin Sentenced to the gulags?

This is a practice that still goes on in Russia, though I do not know if they are "gulags." Political opponents are frequently sent to prisons, some are sent to psychiatric hospitals, things of that sort, still others are just killed. Stalin, however, isn't the problem. The problem is the system. It is the Soviet system that has killed over 60 million people since it came into being, and is still killing through the hands of its heirs, of which Putin is just a figurehead of.

12 posted on 07/25/2014 11:27:47 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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Is Putin Worse Than Stalin?

Nope.

13 posted on 07/25/2014 11:29:06 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise. Hat)
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Rhetorical Headline Alert.

I had to read the article to tell if Buchanan is being serious. Of course he isn’t. I can’t even tell if morons like McCain or Boehner are being set up for such a silly comparison.

But as usual, Pat know his history. And is able to draw correct conclusions.


14 posted on 07/25/2014 11:29:14 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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Putin’s probably bad news for America and American interests (among other things, Putin loves Iran), but is he really bad news for the Russian people? He’s done a lot to privatize and deregulate Russian industry, and he seems to have concern for Christianity and Christian values (unlike Stalin). In terms of domestic policy, Putin is light years ahead of Stalin.

At this point, it would be hard to tell which person would be more dangerous overall to America, especially since both despised us and neither of them shriveled up into an isolationist ball. Stalin certainly had more to work with and was lucky that FDR was a sympathizer, but I’d argue that Putin is smarter on his own merits. Putin has no need to capitulate to a moron like Hussein Soetoro, especially since they both share the common goal of destroying America.


15 posted on 07/25/2014 11:32:39 AM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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We are being primed for war. Zero’s legacy will be WWW3.


16 posted on 07/25/2014 11:33:20 AM PDT by Mr_Peter (Proud to be a Republican in Hingham Massachusetts)
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As for the downing of the Malaysian airliner, Putin did not order that. Sen. John Cornyn says U.S. intelligence has not yet provided any "smoking gun" that ties the missile-firing to Russia.

Whoa. That's not going to go over well here.

17 posted on 07/25/2014 11:34:25 AM PDT by McGruff (Hell we can't even secure our border never mind Ukraine's.)
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U.S. intelligence has not yet provided any "smoking gun" that ties the missile-firing to Russia.

That's not true. We've got that Facebook account where one of their guys admitted to it.

18 posted on 07/25/2014 11:35:50 AM PDT by McGruff (Hell we can't even secure our border never mind Ukraine's.)
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To: Kaslin

In regard to what?


19 posted on 07/25/2014 11:36:23 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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We are being primed for war. Zero’s legacy will be WWW3.


And possibly millions of dead Americans.

In the past we could rest assured that we were being safeguarded. Not now.


20 posted on 07/25/2014 11:47:02 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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