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Stealing Third
Vladimir Putin, writes David Dryer, is doing some crazy handstands in order to secure himself another term (this time as Russia’s power-behind-the-throne prime minister).
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It’s something that could have come from Hillary Clinton in 1993 and that she could say after her term or terms of office are over: that she has the “moral right” to continue to lead the executive branch.
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No references to Cheney yet…
DLS – LOL Your CDS is showing.
On a serious note, what about that beacon of Democracy in Georgia. Seems the Color Revolutions created leaders as corrupt and power hungry as Putin. Why no mention of them and the price of shock therapy reforms in the old Soviet block.
The ‘domocratization/ of Russia should have been an bjuect lesson learned before waging war in Irq.
The overnight introduction of capitalism had drastic results, and in the new spirit of glasnost, people reveled in airing their frustrations – justly so.
The chaos that ensued is fertile ground for sharp turns toward other extremes, like socialism, authoritarian rule or both.
Putin is taking the authoritarian route.
His popularity at home shows, yet again, that you can’t inject democracy artificially into a society that isn’t ready for it. It has to evolve.
We’ll see, after many decades, whether Russia will manage to evolve smoothly.
For the moment, the coomentary from Washington, will not affect the Russian population or Putin by so much as a smidgen.
O//T, I think there is a lesson for the US here as well,
The rapid fire changes in our economy are producing increasing hardships on sizable sectors of society. Even those doing medium well financially harbor a feeling of anxiety about the future. It is unwise to ignore that, as we see anti-globalization sentiments grow.
The consequences of change, especially rapid change, have to be dealt with, Instead, in all countries, there is a tendency to ignore the consequences until they begin to exact secondary consequences.in the form of civil unrest and extremism.