You think someone that wields a people suppressing machinery, a mafia if you will... is... smart?
Silvio Berlusconi is one smart bastard. I despise him, but he is smart.
You hate Bush in your typical Euro/Leftist fashion for what exactly?
Iraq? Protecting America?
Protecting America? Bush single handedly ruined America. He has stripped America of everything Europe ever loved it for, and turned it into a closed society.
Russia under Putin has moved the other way and is moving towards an open society. Russia is far from being an open society like Europe. But with the American decline as an open society and Russias positive development towards such, its almost reached parity and will very soon if America do not reverse things.
Cunning prick. Admireable cunning, and far more raw than western leaders, quite honest about his cunning in fact. I like that actually. Better than pretending and lying.
Political and geo-political masterpiece.
-It showed the finger to US style politics
-It showed the consequences of Iraq(everyone being able to act as they want)
-It was a "duplicate" of the Iraq situation in another sense
-It took care of a problem that Russia wanted to take care of
-It told the world, that if there is no UN and no obediance to it, the consequences will be severe
-It showed the world, the US can do nothing about Russia
-It showed the world that Russia is acting well without being threatened to do so
-It boosted Russias image among intelligent cycles and gave the US a similar PR gutshot in the same cycles.
How about it? Actually I am shamefully uninformed when it comes to that area. Sorry, didnt take the time to check that wholew situation.
What?
A land rife with corruption?
All in all if you understand the totality of corruption its far worse in the west. In Europe and the US, corruption is so deep and information about it so misdirected that it has become normal in our lives. Our perception of what is right and wrong, and the correct ways, are so backwards that we do not understand reality as it should be, only reality as corruption dictates it.
Have you ever been to or dealt with Russians?
Never been top Russia, I plan on going. I love Russians however, met many of them. Absolutely brilliant people, sharp and intelligent, more so than any other people I have met. Single ones, and in general.
Am I still on "Block"?... LOL
Yes, but I selected to answer this post, because it wasnt deep typed in some republican ideology, and it was kind of interesting(my answer that is).:mrgreen: