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20. "American conservatives have an embarrassing crush on.." putin? He hasn't seen DU's PCS..Putin's

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 08:35 PM

Dec 2014

Crush Squad! Ghoulianni and DU's PCS

Man of the year in Russia.. 15 years running..

From your link, n2doc.. mahalo

"It’s quite a comedown for Mr. Putin. And his swaggering strongman act helped set the stage for the disaster. A more open, accountable regime — one that wouldn’t have impressed Mr. Giuliani so much — would have been less corrupt, would probably have run up less debt, and would have been better placed to ride out falling oil prices. Macho posturing, it turns out, makes for bad economies."

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Paul Krugman- Putin’s Bubble Bursts [View all] n2doc Dec 2014 OP

Things you won't read at RT... SidDithers Dec 2014 #1

he's got the weaponry and motives to fix the oil price collapse overnight elehhhhna Dec 2014 #2

Yeah, that's a good plan.... not! MADem Dec 2014 #3

the saudis are being very provocative. it's economic warfare. elehhhhna Dec 2014 #10

Saudis exporting its oil is economic warfare. Russia exporting its oil is ... ? pampango Dec 2014 #12

im not advocating this. saudi directly caused this at this specific time elehhhhna Dec 2014 #15

The Saudis have WAY more friends than Pootie does, these days. MADem Dec 2014 #18

Putin has already stated he will "level," Saudi Arabia, nilesobek Dec 2014 #19

A few DUers also have an "embarrassing crush" on Putin. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #4

Putin is in real trouble here Gothmog Dec 2014 #5

Hasn't he already? edhopper Dec 2014 #6

This has not been a full invasion yet Gothmog Dec 2014 #7

I'm far from certain about this. Igel Dec 2014 #8

it hasnt been doing well, hes had ten years to fix it, and he knows it. elehhhhna Dec 2014 #16

I suspect that the drop in oil prices was engineered for this outcome. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #9

kxl is not meant to depress prices. elehhhhna Dec 2014 #17

"... many American conservatives seem to have an embarrassing crush on the swaggering strongman." pampango Dec 2014 #11

And that's why it's been so puzzling to see some on the left of DU support Putin muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 #13

Good point. Putin and his cronies are the classic 1% yet some liberals support them. pampango Dec 2014 #14

"American conservatives have an embarrassing crush on.." putin? He hasn't seen DU's PCS..Putin's Cha Dec 2014 #20