The fuss around the corner at this time is the recent op-ed published in the NY Times. Many people reacted, albeit in differing tones, to the Russian president's misplaced musings on the Syria imbroglio, at least with respect to a potential American military strike.
Putin talked about how America is not really exceptional, in contrast to Obama's previous Syria plea to the American public, in which Obama reminded Americans of their exceptionalism in the face of global threats to peace. Putin's exact words were: "It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation." Yet in an ironic twist of linguistic play, by pleading with the American people not to strike Syria, he was inadventently implying the very thing he was trying to disregard. What an ASS of a president!
Putin adds: "God created us all equal..." And this one really piqued me. For one, his ruthless disregard of LGBT rights in Russia speaks nothing of his "egalitarian displays of concern." Bullshit Putin! You talk about God and about equality yet repress your own people simply for being who they are. You are no different than the Nazi genocidalists of the past. And as if by bringing a so-called "god" into the picture will make his asinine remarks seem logical - as apparently some people think, then to those who actually reflect on your words, you are no more than a schizophrenic buffoon who somehow managed to hostage the Russian presidency to your lifetime fetish for power.
Geez, a man who talks about exceptionalism, god and equality yet has a poor regard of upholding the fundamental rights of his own citizenry to voice their own opinions, be themselves and live a dignified life without being lynched for thinking differently than him has no right, no moral authority and no credibility to lecture the world about what should be done in such a complex question as Syria.
Suddap Putin!
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