[pogoliamo]

Luther, do you know about Global Events Magazine ?

I think the author shares some of your views giving also good
insight and reasoning about the subject of Eurasia and Russia.

Of course, just an opinion, but it might be well worth the money...

[lutherquick]

pogoliamo,

"Global Events Magazine", I will look at later in the week, thanks, it looks interesting...

[Russian_Cowboy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sch_peakoiler', 'T')o sum it up - I am sure Bush has no serious power over anything whatsoever, and does not even defecate without consulting the real puppet string holders. So his own abilities do not play any role. In this case it does not matter if his IQ is 20 or 200.

[lutherquick]

Russian_Cowboy,

The US, before the Iraq war, offered Iraqi scientists US green cards, free homes in Long Island, and LOW and BEHOLD, the Iraqi scientists, said the right words, they said WMD were in Iraq... Quickly they went into their corners and manufactured the evidence...

My point, your post... Good to know you have a green card from Canada.

Try coughing up some proof, some stats some sites, so evidence.

The way I look at it, Russia is held to much higher standards as she needs to prove herself. To that end, Putin can't be as bold as Bush, can't screw up as Bush, can't lie as Bush, can't think so short term as Bush.

As Putin's last term is coming to an end, he's saying more and more what he can, diplomacy is being set aside. I love how this latest MSNBC interview how he said that he trusts "NOBODY" and that Cheney's comments where another failed hunting accident (I paraphrase).

Below, in you post, there are many errors. First, this thing about birth rates. The new law will NOT give money to migrants, only Russian citizens who have children.

Your English might sound good wrapped by a paragraph of other errors, but anyone with a clear understanding of what the Russian Federation is doing and how this Russian government built of performance and deliverables, you will realize they are doing what is best for Russia. Fvck Canada and the US. Your problems and hate in Canada aren't Putin's problem. Simply look at debt payments, economic recovery (sure, allot to do, but on it's way), it's position in Energy, compare this to the US with it's civil war in Iraq, no wmd, etc...

If you want corruption, look in the US, nothing is more corrupt and as fvcked up.

Here is American virtue:
http://www.ipenergy.com/data/ENRON-GotThePower.mp3

[MOCKBA]

Russian_Cowboy, Great article, BTW.

[gg3]

From here in the US it appears that Putin is highly competent, and is "all-business" in the sense that he is committed to his purpose and does not indulge in foolishness. If I'm not mistaken he has a majorly impressive background, academically, militarily, and in a high position in one of the intel services, and he speaks four or five languages.

The contrast to present American leadership is frankly embarrassing to the point of mortifying. I frankly feel compassion for GW Bush. He seems like someone who would be quite competent in any number of jobs in the civilian world, though not senior management positions; and he's been dragged into office by a bunch of very cynical ansd power-hungry people who needed someone they could use as a figure-head.

It used to be said that we (in the US) get the government we deserve, but since the last two elections were likely stolen, we got the government that someone else chose for us. Thus it's no contradiction to say "we really do deserve better." We need someone like a Wesley Clarke or a Colin Powell (real warriors with solid track records), or an Al Gore (real understanding of science & technology issues). Even Hillary Clinton, who I view with major skepticism, appears to be smart, coherent, and capable.

I notice something interesting about Western press coverage of Putin. He is always photographed in a manner that makes him look "sneaky" or "not trustworthy." Chin pointed down, eyes looking up, photographed from slightly above his head. Eyes looking in some other direction than he is facing. 3/4 side views where he is not looking at the camera. Very rarely do we see him photographed in the manner of other world leaders, looking straight ahead into the camera.

Re. "pardon my English": No pardons needed. I am always amazed by the degree to which people from other countries are highly capable in English on this board. Likely most of you (overseas folks) speak thee or four languages, whereas most of us Gringos speak only English and then whine loudly and demand everyone speak English. I love the English language (and the English (UK) heritage of our legal system) and believe I use the language well, but I'm also well aware that we adopt many words from the rest of the world's languages, and we need to place much more of an emphasis on multilingualism here. Not just for business reasons (though those are important) but also for national security reasons: a culture that encourage learning many languages will necessarily increase the number of its people who learn languages from regions that are potential military trouble spots.

Last but not least it's highly interesting to me to read what y'all Russians (whether by birth or adoption) have to say. We rarely if ever get detailed news from Russian people about life in Russia or about Russian perspectives on world events. Much less do we get news from the perspective of Russian patriotism, both regarding internal events and world events. This is all very interesting and I've learned much.

[Russian_Cowboy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lutherquick', ' ')Good to know you have a green card from Canada.