tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post8903759231905909446..comments2023-10-06T10:10:06.982-04:00Comments on La Russophobe: EDITORIAL: Who Killed Anna?La Russophobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672264388217953086noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-3048936307973281372007-09-01T21:27:00.000-04:002007-09-01T21:27:00.000-04:00me - Putin is a bigger swine than you give credit ...me - Putin is a bigger swine than you give credit to, otherwise your point is well taken.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179466916477423331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-26867653787704494182007-08-31T18:12:00.000-04:002007-08-31T18:12:00.000-04:00Well....there's subtle and there's subtle the Russ...Well....there's subtle and there's subtle the Russian way. Subtle as in not sending the tanks rolling across the border (like they have enough that work), the Stalin Terror (coming soon enough), the Gulag, etc. Instead of just killing Mikhail Khodorkovsky and taking Yukos Putin tries to make it look 'legal'. <BR/><BR/>Shutting off the gas was a bit much but he didn't suddenly jack up the prices by holding a gun to everybody's head. At least not yet. This was just the warning shots which were 'blamed' on Ukraine for not paying the 'correct' prices.<BR/><BR/>Putin is letting the world know who's boss without making it too obvious to the average joe.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00880044620969243581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-35107190977632126712007-08-31T11:48:00.000-04:002007-08-31T11:48:00.000-04:00More subtle than blunt? What was subtle about Litv...More subtle than blunt? What was subtle about Litvinenko’s death and traces of polonium-210 all over London or cutting off neighboring countries gas supplies in the middle of winter or 19 journalists now dead or Yukos being completely dismantled and re-nationalized?<BR/><BR/>Putin hasn't got rail cars transporting thousands to the gulag yet, but, his methods of repression are as familiar as the old Soviets. He can't seal the country off like the old days, so he is adaptive. The Russians themselves are assisting him. They've made their choice, watching him dismantle democracy hasn't seemed to dimininish him in their eyes. <BR/><BR/>Any shred of respect I had for Russians, except for a very small handful that resist Putin, I don't have anymore.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179466916477423331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230932.post-41006536499810275622007-08-30T21:13:00.000-04:002007-08-30T21:13:00.000-04:00All I can say in response to this post is... HOOAH...All I can say in response to this post is... HOOAH!!! :)<BR/><BR/>I think the one thing some people don't realize about Putin and his cronys are that they aren't carbon copies of the old Soviet leaders. They are generally more subtle rather then blunt. Just because they aren't as blustery as Hugo Chavez it doesn't mean they aren't as dangerious.<BR/><BR/>After the chaos of the 90's Putin bring back some 'order' looks like a good thing to people safe in the west. The problem is that Putin is using that order not to help his country but to enrich himself and to try and bully the countries around him.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00880044620969243581noreply@blogger.com