Point well taken. It is surely sad how we can treat bad dictators so
differently based on who we want to work with and who we don't. Unfortunately,
that ain't changin any time soon.
Bob
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 10:13 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Why Don't the U.S. Mainstream Media Report
Vladimir Putin's Take on the Ukraine Crisis?
Bob,
Putin is not Stalin. Putin is not an angel, not someone to be loved, but he
isn't who you think he is either because who you think he is, has been
influenced by what the mainstream media have told you. That's why they were so
angry at a film maker who was willing to buck the tide. The fact is that we all
think that we know what is going on because we hear stuff or read stuff. But
our information is so very limited. Every day, I learn facts about things that
happened in the past that I didn't know, or things about subjects that I
thought I knew, but I only had a superficial view. Here's one thought I just
had. Which autocrat was it to whom we sent people captured from Afghanistan and
surrounding areas to be tortured? Was it to Putin, this terrible person whom we
say is like Stalin? No. We sent them to Syria. Think about that. We want to get
rid of the leader of that country, but we thought it was just fine to send
prisoners there to be tortured.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Hachey
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 9:10 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Why Don't the U.S. Mainstream Media Report
Vladimir Putin's Take on the Ukraine Crisis?
Once again, Parry writes an informative article here. Sad how our Wall Stream
media seems bent on painting things in a simplistic good guy VS. bad guy style.
No doubt about it, the US and NATO must share in the blame for the unrest in
Ukraine and the Crimea.
But, do be cautious when saying that Putin appears human. Never do forget the
negative aspects of being human. Like Stalin before him, those who oppose Putin
have a way of disappearing. Stalin's weapon of choice was either a gun or a
one-way trip to Siberia while Putin's weapon of choice seems to be poison. Then
again, the American weapons of choice range from the use of CIA and special
forces operators to the drone. Any whay you look at it, we humans have a long
way to go and when it comes to violence, we're still headed in the wrong
direction.
Bob Hachey
Bob Hachey
