Karl Frederick
07-13-2015, 11:04 AM
Consider your own opinions about Vladimir Putin, and where you got the information you base them on . . .
Rethinking Russia: A Conversation With Russia Scholar Stephen F. Cohen (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/rethinking-russia-a-conve_b_7744498.html)
a few excerpts to whet your appetite . . .
" ... the media, which, along with almost every U.S. politician, has decided to vilify Russian and Putin, irrationally equating Putin with such tyrants as Adolf Hitler ..."
"The demonization of Putin is not a policy. It's an alibi for not having a policy."
"Putin's Kremlin, not a member of NATO, did more to help the American land war and save American lives, therefore, in Afghanistan, than any NATO country."
"Bush strangely repaid Putin by (1) unilaterally withdrawing from the anti-ballistic (ABM) treaty, the "bedrock" of Russia's national security, and (2) launching the second wave of NATO expansion toward Russia."
Rethinking Russia: A Conversation With Russia Scholar Stephen F. Cohen (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/rethinking-russia-a-conve_b_7744498.html)
a few excerpts to whet your appetite . . .
" ... the media, which, along with almost every U.S. politician, has decided to vilify Russian and Putin, irrationally equating Putin with such tyrants as Adolf Hitler ..."
"The demonization of Putin is not a policy. It's an alibi for not having a policy."
"Putin's Kremlin, not a member of NATO, did more to help the American land war and save American lives, therefore, in Afghanistan, than any NATO country."
"Bush strangely repaid Putin by (1) unilaterally withdrawing from the anti-ballistic (ABM) treaty, the "bedrock" of Russia's national security, and (2) launching the second wave of NATO expansion toward Russia."