tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post1442876709075444121..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Inside Vladimir PutinFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-80161509837584092982012-03-01T08:15:11.051-08:002012-03-01T08:15:11.051-08:00Very interesting, thank you Rob for posting.Very interesting, thank you Rob for posting.Altalenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-64191441819247209232012-02-29T22:49:58.770-08:002012-02-29T22:49:58.770-08:00That was fascinating.
Thanks much.
TerryThat was fascinating.<br />Thanks much.<br /><br />TerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-17800526152958511962012-02-29T22:18:26.862-08:002012-02-29T22:18:26.862-08:00Hi Louie,
First of all Putin is relevant, just as...Hi Louie,<br />First of all Putin <i>is </i> relevant, just as Obama is - because they have power.<br /><br />Second, I think you perhaps didn't quite get what I was going for here. This was an attempt to see these issues not from our point of view, but from Putin's and the Russians' and to do that, you have to understand the history and how it has influenced them.<br /><br />Putin was actually a lot more revealing than he realized, IMO. But you have to be prepared to read between the lines.<br /><br />Of course the Russians worked with Iran on this for a decade! But to see why, you have to look at their historic paranoia and fear of encirclement. Think about it...would America help Mexico or Nicaragua or Columbia get the bomb? We'd think it too risky, it wouldn't occur to us - but it DID occur to the Russians, and for the same reason they tried to have their puppet Mossadegh make Iran into a Soviet satellite back in the 1950's.<br /><br />Regards,<br />RobRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-42490669376693667892012-02-29T20:44:11.660-08:002012-02-29T20:44:11.660-08:00i don't share ff enthusiasm for this article. ...i don't share ff enthusiasm for this article. to me it is just russian speechifying, as opposed to what comes out of deecee. i don't see an issue in this speech that ff has not addressed at some time in the past here at J/P. that puken has offered a condensed version of these subjects, does nothing for me.<br />imo, the reason puken did this is because the chinese have released position papers on the mid-east and are positioning theirselves for seats at the table. and with the chinese and russians and the current occupant of the white house you know who's coming in last in that line-up.<br />i'll give a specific example of why this article is pale. ff addressed the subject matter but from a different perspective. when puken addresses the situation in libya he is correct and even comes across as a (gasp) capitalist. however, the companies he's referring to a russian arms companies. he doesn't say that. also, when referring to the russian nuke, he says nothing of the fact that the russians worked on this, in secret for 10 years, with the iranians until outed in 2003. that's hardly being honest.<br />to me it's just a different version of speechifying. saying look at me, i'm relevant.louielouienoreply@blogger.com