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Post by AztecWilliam on Feb 28, 2015 12:52:51 GMT -8
From true believers, the Soviet Union devolved into a bunch of thugs whose main goal was to increase and protect their own power and, increasingly, personal wealth. Now we have Russia. Bereft of socialist ideals, Putin and his minions (not the cute kind, to be sure) are basically an organized crime gang that has succeeded in taking over one of the world's great nations (well, great in size, for sure). www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/assassination-in-moscowAzWm |
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Post by aztecwin on Mar 1, 2015 8:19:00 GMT -8
We do not know for sure what really happened but it is a sorry state of affairs that Russia has become. Putin is a thug and we in the west do not seem to have the stomach or real cause to make any moves. We don't even have the will or courage to help the Ukraine. It would not be that hard to draw a loose parallel to our situation here with our lawless current Administration.
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Post by cmonaztecs on Mar 2, 2015 9:00:00 GMT -8
Not trying to debunk your feelings of Putin but are we the pot calling the kettle black? Assassination attempts and plots on Presidents of the United States have been numerous: more than 20 attempts to kill sitting and former presidents, as well as the Presidents-elect, are known. Four sitting presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President), James A. Garfield (the 20th President), William McKinley (the 25th President) and John F. Kennedy (the 35th President). Two presidents were injured in attempted assassinations: Theodore Roosevelt (the 26th President) and Ronald Reagan (the 40th President). With the exception of Lyndon Johnson, every president's life since John F. Kennedy has been threatened with assassination. Not to mention MLK and RFK. As as far as thugs go we had a pretty notorious one by the name of J. Edgar Hoover My poly sci professor, Peter Bohmer, during the anti Vietnam war protest era had his home in Ocean Beach shot at permanently injuring a female visitor. This article says J. Edgar funded a goon squad called the SAO that was behind the shooting. Peter Bohmer fled town fearing for his life. my.firedoglake.com/valtin/2013/02/20/dhs-says-fbi-possibly-funded-terrorist-group/ |
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Mar 2, 2015 9:51:39 GMT -8
From true believers, the Soviet Union devolved into a bunch of thugs whose main goal was to increase and protect their own power and, increasingly, personal wealth. Now we have Russia. Bereft of socialist ideals, Putin and his minions (not the cute kind, to be sure) are basically an organized crime gang that has succeeded in taking over one of the world's great nations (well, great in size, for sure). www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/assassination-in-moscowAzWm The thugs have been in control for much longer than that. I had a neighbor, a Russian immigrant, who did business in Russia. He attempted to open up a "Office Depot" type of business. The amount of money that he would have had to pay out in bribes to the mob and the government killed the deal. This was in the 90's. |
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