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warrior1

(12,325 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:00 AM Sep 2013

ok, let me see if I have this correctly then?

The country (Russia) that has been selling the chemical weapons and the expertise to use it, who now has been caught red handed at it by the world community, asserts that it is the US that 'has earned a reputation as a aggressive actor'?

pitbullstew

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/putin-challenges-american-exceptionalism-in-new-york-times?ref=fpb

couldn't have said it any better.

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ok, let me see if I have this correctly then? (Original Post) warrior1 Sep 2013 OP
Yes, but because the US sucks we have to do what Russia says or else we suck more. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #1
A bit of history... it's inconvenient ... 120 since 1890 libdem4life Sep 2013 #2
Inconvenient indeed.n/t markpkessinger Sep 2013 #10
He has Empire Envy. Ours is bigger than his NightWatcher Sep 2013 #3
This is crap, there is nothing wrong with anything mother Russia does snooper2 Sep 2013 #4
Barack pwded putin and eating his lunch. warrior1 Sep 2013 #5
We MADE Russia sell them all those weapons and make all that money!! Barack_America Sep 2013 #6
Do 2 wrongs now make a right? Live and Learn Sep 2013 #7
but mommy, putin is doing it too! frylock Sep 2013 #8
... The Link Sep 2013 #9

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
1. Yes, but because the US sucks we have to do what Russia says or else we suck more.
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:03 AM
Sep 2013

Never mind the fact we don't need Putin's advice or fake moral preening to keep out of bad decisions on our own.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
4. This is crap, there is nothing wrong with anything mother Russia does
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:06 AM
Sep 2013

You should know this by now!

In Soviet Russia they protect the Snowy!

warrior1

(12,325 posts)
5. Barack pwded putin and eating his lunch.
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:06 AM
Sep 2013

“That’s all irrelevant,” the White House official said in response. “He put this proposal forward and he’s now invested in it. That’s good. That’s the best possible reaction. He’s fully invested in Syria’s CW disarmament and that’s potentially better than a military strike – which would deter and degrade but wouldn’t get rid of all the chemical weapons. He now owns this. He has fully asserted ownership of it and he needs to deliver.”

jake tapper

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
6. We MADE Russia sell them all those weapons and make all that money!!
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:13 AM
Sep 2013

People here are so god-damned enamored with exposing US faults in this world, they're forgetting oil and arms are Russia's objectives too.

Putin isn't a peacenik. He cares for Syria's people as much as he cares for his own LGBT community. But, his oil and his arms are flowing under the current regime so, "give peace a chance".



Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
7. Do 2 wrongs now make a right?
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:21 AM
Sep 2013

Putin may be a hypocrite to denounce our wrongdoings but it doesn't make what he said about us wrong. And it sure doesn't make what we have done right.

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