Putin's Letter to Americans

[sturg33]

Pretty sad that I agree with Putin more than the President when it comes to Syria. But a well thought out response nonetheless.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/op...ria.html?_r=2&

[bravesnumberone]

He made some good points, but some of his statements are essentially hypocritical. Go read the New York Times Op-Ed he wrote in 1999 about the Chechen conflict. A remarkably different tone.

And the part at the end. I agree somewhat with the exceptionalism bit, but LOL at him trying to put "God created us equal" part in. This coming from a man who has signed a law that shuns homosexuals in his country.

[sturg33]

He made some good points, but some of his statements are essentially hypocritical. Go read the New York Times Op-Ed he wrote in 1999 about the Chechen conflict. A remarkably different tone.

And the part at the end. I agree somewhat with the exceptionalism bit, but LOL at him trying to put "God created us equal" part in. This coming from a man who has signed a law that shuns homosexuals in his country.

Yeah, there is definitely some hypocrisy in there. But show me a world leader speech that isn't...

I just think he is using a lot more sense than Obama regarding Syria. This could seriously start a global war if it escalated. Russia and China aren't just going to let us go beat up whoever we choose.

[bravesnumberone]

Well Obama will have a different stance by Friday and another by Monday. Give him time.

[holden]

If you believe anything Putin says, you're a terrible fool. Of course he doesn't want us to intervene in Syria. His reasons are completely disingenuous.

That said, I don't think we should do anything. But Putin is a master manipulator.

[weso1]

Let's be clear here. Russia has a vested interest in this Syria thing and it has nothing to do with humanitarianism. In this very complicated world of foreign policy Russia stands to benefit from Syria annihilating the rebels. In fact if you put emotion and humanitarianism to the side, one of the main reasons to support action in Syria is to weaken Russia. A weakened Russia is good for America.

[Runnin]

If you believe anything Putin says, you're a terrible fool. .......But Putin is a master manipulator.

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So you mean that there are a lot of fools in the world.