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Related: About this forumThomas Friedman: Putin's Best Days Are Behind Him - The Last Word - MSNBC
Pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the New York Times Thomas Friedman joins Lawrence ODonnell to discuss his new article titled, We Have Never Been Here Before, and what he predicts will happen to Vladimir Putin if he continues his attack on Ukraine. Aired on 02/28/2022.
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Thomas Friedman: Putin's Best Days Are Behind Him - The Last Word - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2022
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That has to be it - and he's done everything he can manage to recreate those repressive days!
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2022
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. Kicking for visibility
Rhiannon12866
(204,716 posts)2. My question is - what were his "best" days???
Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)3. I'll be happy when ALL his days are behind him.
Rhiannon12866
(204,716 posts)4. That was my question, exactly when were his "best" days?
He has been a horror for the Russia people who had such hope under Gorbachev - and then the Soviet Union fell. But he's been doing his best to recreate it - it's as if he's channeling Stalin, who killed so many Russians.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)6. He has never been a decent person
He has no integrity! Every statement is a calculated lie.
multigraincracker
(32,636 posts)7. When he was in the KGB?
Rhiannon12866
(204,716 posts)8. That has to be it - and he's done everything he can manage to recreate those repressive days!
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)5. This worries me...
since Tom Friedman has a long track-record of being wrong about everything.