First off, I am not a Trump or Nixon supporter. That doesn't preclude one from having rational skepticism.
Yeah, sure. Like when the intelligence apparatus kept making highly confident assessments of WMDs in Iraq and then the government and mass media asserted it as fact, right? I mean, intelligence agencies always tell the truth and have no motive for deceiving people, yeah? Like how the NSA doesn't conduct any…
LOL > The same intelligence report that provides nothing but assessments, suspicions, outdated rants about RT and even has a disclaimer outright stating that this shouldn't be taken as evidence or proof. Yeah, that's a great source. No proof whatsoever, nothing conclusive, but a great source nonetheless.
Here's a suggestion: actually try going to Russia and seeing what the people there are like and what they think of Putin, instead of relying on filtered news articles that manufacture anti-Russian hysteria.
How much are you paid for being ignorant of another country's history, culture, and politics?
Putin didn't put them in prison.
Actually, life expectancy rise in Russia is attributable to Putin, not to mention the rise of the national birth rate, economic growth, a decline in poverty, restrengthening of military and Russia's return to a more active worldwide influence. The capitalist economy began to work under Putin and the hyperinflation of…
You do know they've been out of prison for years, granted amnesty by Putin himself, right?
Why don't you actually bother to study the history of US foreign policy instead of making a bunch of ignorant statements? No, seriously, read a book by William Blum. And look up what 'proxy war' actually means.
We were discussing specific countries, yes? The bombing of Yugoslavia, the invasion of Iraq, the destabilization of Libya - I don't know how the hell you define them as proxy wars, since there were no proxies fighting in this case but whatever.
What superpowers were squabbling in this case? The US and the UK? They were on the same side. And they were directly involved.
Btw, Yugoslavia, Iraq and Lybia weren't proxy wars. They were countries invaded by NATO and torn apart. No superpower fought against the US on the side of those countries.
Do you not realize that Russia and America are engaged in a new cold war? NATO keeps sending troops to Russia's borders, gobbles up former Soviet republics and consistently pretends to be the victim of non-existent Russian aggression. HRC openly advocated building a no-fly-zone in Syria, which would be guaranteed to…
I'm not saying any ordinary people want to nuke Russia necessarily, but that's definitely something that's on the mind of members of the US government and military establishment.
Who said asking Putin about gay persecution is not okay? I'm saying it's foolish to attribute what's happening in Chechnya solely to Putin and Russia's policies. Chechnya may be a Russian republic, but it's also its own country.
Not condemning does not equal supporting. Get that through your thick skull. It's not an either/or situation.
I am critiquing the logic behind demonizing another country because its internal politics don't fit the moral standards of Western democracy. If the persecution was directly relevant to me or the US, I would have a different perspective.
Yeah, take all the context out, universalize your issues and create blatant lies.
Let me rephrase - if you don't have concrete proof of an allegation, you cannot assert that it is incontrovertible fact.