Putin laments demise of Soviet Union

[_Jumper_]

I thought Shrub saw Putin's soul? :eyes:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0402130207feb13,1,2777727.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Items compiled from Tribune news services
Published February 13, 2004

MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- President Vladimir Putin used a campaign speech Thursday to declare the demise of the Soviet Union a "national tragedy."

Putin, a former agent of the KGB spy agency, has praised aspects of the Soviet Union before but never so robustly nor in such a major political setting.

"The breakup of the Soviet Union is a national tragedy on an enormous scale," from which "only the elites and nationalists of the republics gained," Putin said in a televised speech to about 300 campaign workers at Moscow State University.

[amazona]

1. well isn't he correct, it was a tragedy ?

I haven't read the entire speech, but from your excerpts, how we can deny the truth of what he says. It was a terrible tragedy. The life expectancy in the former Soviet Union fell by six years in the aftermath of the collapse of their society. A safe, crime-free nation has become ruled by organized crime. Terror including explosions that kill dozens has become part of life in Moscow. The elites gained because the death of the communist ideal meant that they could openly accumulate more wealth. Everyone else got robbed. Business per usual.

[_Jumper_]

2. He is correct

I just wonder what the Freeps will think when they hear of this. :evilgrun:

[patricia92243]

3. When Bush looked in his soul and saw a good man, the rest of us saw KGB.