oscar111
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Fri May-06-05 12:16 PM
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Putin - what is he? News just said he said "the fall of S U a catastrophe" |
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Edited on Fri May-06-05 12:38 PM by oscar111
S U is soviet union.
I thought Putin was a reliable market economy person. Now he sounds like the opposite. What is he?
If he revives the SU, our Pentagon spending will skyrocket.
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Fri May-06-05 12:17 PM
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Fri May-06-05 12:17 PM
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2. You silly. The President looked into his soul and found a good man. |
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You must be reading the headline wrong.
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Fri May-06-05 12:20 PM
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4. Putin is a mass murderer |
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1/4 of the chechen population has been killed in the war with Russia in the last ten years.
I'll repeat that 1/4 of the population of chechnya has been killed in the war with Russia in the past ten years.
Equate that to population of America and imagine what the chechens think of him.
He's also started arresting all the owners of the oil companies in Russia and turning them back over into state control
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Fri May-06-05 12:18 PM
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3. An evil slimy opportunist. |
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Fri May-06-05 12:23 PM
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6. Original Post Person again: pls tell me his stand on economics, not other |
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Edited on Fri May-06-05 12:36 PM by oscar111
things, however vivid they might be.
is putin a market person or a soviet person?
If he revives the SU, our military budget will baloon wildly.
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Fri May-06-05 07:07 PM
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Is nationalistic strong-man, "just what Russians want". And isn't democracy about people getting the kind of leader they want? ;)
What comes to economy, he's non-ideological pragmatist. If robber oligarchs get too uppity in the political arena and especially plan to give control of Russian oil to foreigners, it's jail and property nationalized (with legal technicalities and front companies and not openly, because he thinks it's in Russias interests to be in WTO).
No, SU is not going to be revived. At least by Putin.
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