American Thinker du jour - NATO edition
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wrote on 16 Dec 2021, 23:56 last edited by
Shucks, let Russia have Europe. They're better off...
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Shucks, let Russia have Europe. They're better off...
wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 00:46 last edited byI'm guessing that guy's learned everything he knows about Europe online. The article's so full of stereotypes it's actually a little embarrassing to read.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 00:48 last edited by
You don't think it's just a tiny bit tongue in cheek?
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wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 00:53 last edited by
@jolly said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:
You don't think it's just a tiny bit tongue in cheek?
It’s hard to tell with that place. You think they’re being sarcastic, then you realize they’re actually serious!
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wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 15:13 last edited by
Possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not. Either way Putin comes across as the wise leader of our times.
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Possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not. Either way Putin comes across as the wise leader of our times.
wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 17:20 last edited by@renauda said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:
Possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not. Either way Putin comes across as the wise leader of our times.
I don't know if he's the wise leader of our times, but I've never thought he was a dumb man.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 18:08 last edited by
Make no mistake, Putin’s a wise guy. More than anyone in the liberal and conservative West can imagine.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 18:14 last edited by
I watched a documentary series episode on his rise to power. Much is made of his time in KGB, but it really didn’t amount to much. He was pretty low level. His rise came after the demise of the USSR. He is smart indeed.
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wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 18:15 last edited by
He has the freedom to be wise in practice as a leader, rather than being constricted by the populist ideas of people whose votes he is beholden to.
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Make no mistake, Putin’s a wise guy. More than anyone in the liberal and conservative West can imagine.
wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 19:45 last edited by@renauda said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:
More than anyone in the liberal and conservative West can imagine.
Mr. Biden excepted, of course.
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Make no mistake, Putin’s a wise guy. More than anyone in the liberal and conservative West can imagine.
wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 20:35 last edited by@renauda said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:
Make no mistake, Putin’s a wise guy.
In more ways than one
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He has the freedom to be wise in practice as a leader, rather than being constricted by the populist ideas of people whose votes he is beholden to.
wrote on 17 Dec 2021, 22:36 last edited by Renauda@horace said in American Thinker du jour - NATO edition:
He has the freedom to be wise in practice as a leader, rather than being constricted by the populist ideas of people whose votes he is beholden to.
Yet Putin espouses the populism of the Russian nation. In fact, he is very much beholden to it. That’s how he is simultaneously a bewildering autocrat to Western conservatives and a frightening tyrant to the progressive left.