"Putin is Defeating More Than ISIS in Syria"

[truth2power]

http://journal-neo.org/2015/10/15/putin-is-defeating-more-than-isis-in-syria/


Author F. William Engdahl provides salient quotes from Pres. Putin's speech to the UN General Assembly in September.

Putin states, “instead of learning from other people’s mistakes, some prefer to repeat them and continue to export revolutions, only now these are “democratic” revolutions. Just look at the situation in the Middle East and Northern Africa…problems have been piling up for a long time in this region, and people there wanted change. But what was the actual outcome? Instead of bringing about reforms, aggressive intervention rashly destroyed government institutions and the local way of life. Instead of democracy and progress, there is now violence, poverty, social disasters and total disregard for human rights, including even the right to life.”

Then in a remark addressed to Washington and their NGO Color Revolutions known as the Arab Spring, Putin pointedly asks, “I’m urged to ask those who created this situation: do you at least realize now what you’ve done?"

The last phrase, "Do you at least realize now what you’ve done?" has been oft-repeated to date. Many await an answer from the "Empire of Chaos". Kudos to Pepe Escobar for that descriptive term.

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. Sounds like he is appealing to Republicans with dog whistles to me

Maybe he thinks that is insulting Barack

[truth2power]

2. You read the article in 3 minutes???

Whew!

Anyhow... No, it's Mr. Obama who does the insulting.

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. I read what you posted...I counted 3 right there...

It was all I needed to know...

You do know that support for anything Putin says will not get much traction on DEMOCRATIC Underground right?

Oh by the way....where does that article come from? Be sure to check the address below...

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[leveymg]

6. Classic case of attacking the messenger. What about the point made - do you disagree? Why? Explain

Don't just expect us to all simply join in your Ten Minute Hate. "Russia, Bad!" isn't proof - it isn't even an argument.

[truth2power]

13. Thanks. People need to expand their horizons.

THINK! Analyze and corroborate from various sources. Determine, over time, what makes sense and what's congruent with what you know about how the world operates. Have confidence in your own ability to separate the wheat from the chaff and to adjust your thinking as new information becomes available. Ask questions, including the most important one, "who benefits?".

Surely, no DUer believes one should only read or discuss information unless it's first approved by DU. That would be a most curious stance to take for people who consider themselves independent thinkers.

[leveymg]

15. There are those who see this place simply as an instrument of propaganda.

Ring a bell, we're expected to salivate.

[truth2power]

12. dog whistles? How so?

govt institutions destroyed? check

violence? check
poverty? check
social disasters? check
and so forth

Maybe you think it's insulting to point that out.

[msongs]

4. in other words, the same behaviors/problems of the past 10,000 years & only putin can

change it all lol

[BeyondGeography]

5. He's going to get the terrorists there so they don't bother Mother Russia

Where have we heard that brilliant line of thinking before?

[Art_from_Ark]

17. I think we heard that from some guy

who used to call Putin "Pooty-poot".

[polly7]

7. He's saying exactly what people against the horror have been saying here for years now. nt.

[Nitram]

8. All the usual suspects chiming in on Mother Russia's behalf.

How cozy!

[polly7]

9. Ah, stuff it. Talk about expected and boring. nt.

[Nitram]

11. My thoughts exactly!

[Nitram]

10. What Putin hopes to accomplish in Syria is clear to anyone with half a brain.

Assad is Russia's ONLY ally in the U.S. His hopes to weaken anti-Assad rebels while the U.S and allies go after ISIS. His only goal is keep Assad in power long enough to force a negotiated settlement that keeps Assad in power. But ras-Putin will have to commit a lot more ground troops and aircraft to accomplish that goal. Meanwhile, he's outdoing even the U.S. at bombing hospitals and civilians. While lying about going after ISIS. What a putz.

[KoKo]

14. Interesting read...eom.

[Joe Chi Minh]

16. 'm not saying anything....

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=russia+and+syrias+war+on+terror