Have you read the op-ed in the NY Times labeled as being
written by Vlad Putin? It oozes
emotional appeal and socialist underpinnings.
I believe if he indeed wrote this, he is appealing to the globalists and
liberals that see the free market and Capitalism as a bad thing.
There are many points to discuss but at first glance the points
that stand out are:
United Nations being of utmost importance. The UN is a nice formal way to facilitate
social events and coordinate operations of countries doing joint operations,
but it is in no way superior, or even close to the United States own ability to
rule itself and by the UN’s idea of a league of nations opposes nearly
everything the USA stands for. We will
and always have made our own decisions. Our
system of government has proven itself
to be the most successful. Of late the
players and corruption have caused our form of government to fail. The players are corrupted not the system,
history clearly shows that.
In his Op-ed piece Putin says “No one doubts the use of
nerve gas, but it was the rebels not the Syrian government.” To me if that were true, how could Assad
assure anybody he can turn control of the gas to any global organization if he
doesn’t fully control it? Believe me,
this is never going to happen. They may
do something symbolic, but that’s all. Russia
is their ally and could possibly have given the nerve gas to them.
Toward the end of the piece he (Putin) voices his
disagreement with Mr. Obama and his speaking of
American exceptionalism. This echoes his allegiance to the communism of this past leaders and government. Socialism, and communism’s worst enemy and their Kryptonite are individualism and excellence. As echoed by modern liberalism promoting competition free outcomes so no one has to lose. Sameness of outcome in almost all things they control, under the guise of “fairness” and “equality”. In the United States we already enjoy the utmost freedoms of any place on earth, not because we guarantee the sameness of outcomes for everybody, but our form of government allows for anybody to strike out on their own and seek to excel at anything they want to put their time and resources toward. I admit it is increasingly tougher to attain success in private industry as no sooner than you announce your plan to become a for profit entity our beloved government becomes a silent partner by force and threat of retaliation. Their partnership is in your profits and never in the liabilities, but we can overcome even their intrusions. If we succumb to becoming a part of the rest of the world and their regulation we will continue to have to “dumb down” or economy and our dominance in the economic arena. I believe the world would be a worse place without our leadership. Having said that, there are many corrupt aspects of our government that the world wouldn’t miss as well.
American exceptionalism. This echoes his allegiance to the communism of this past leaders and government. Socialism, and communism’s worst enemy and their Kryptonite are individualism and excellence. As echoed by modern liberalism promoting competition free outcomes so no one has to lose. Sameness of outcome in almost all things they control, under the guise of “fairness” and “equality”. In the United States we already enjoy the utmost freedoms of any place on earth, not because we guarantee the sameness of outcomes for everybody, but our form of government allows for anybody to strike out on their own and seek to excel at anything they want to put their time and resources toward. I admit it is increasingly tougher to attain success in private industry as no sooner than you announce your plan to become a for profit entity our beloved government becomes a silent partner by force and threat of retaliation. Their partnership is in your profits and never in the liabilities, but we can overcome even their intrusions. If we succumb to becoming a part of the rest of the world and their regulation we will continue to have to “dumb down” or economy and our dominance in the economic arena. I believe the world would be a worse place without our leadership. Having said that, there are many corrupt aspects of our government that the world wouldn’t miss as well.
Bottom line: This is
not a man or country we should trust. We
have nothing to gain by joining the “We are the world” brigade. They have the potential to topple the world’s
strongest nation. We are in a little bit
of a nose dive, due largely to a leader that isn’t. But hopefully we can shed ourselves of him
and his ilk and get a leader that is decisive and strong and get back on
track. This kind of foreign affairs faux
pas is very reminiscent of the presidency of Jimmy Carter and the Iranian hostages. The hostages had been held and bandied about
for months, while an inept Carter tried the same limp wristed diplomacy that
Obama is using, but within 5 days of Ronald Reagan’s election, they released
the hostages with no complications. Our
enemies watch closely for our weaknesses, and like undisciplined children, push
to the limit. Now our adversary, Russia
is sounding more American than our president, which in my opinion is a scam of
monumental proportion and demands keen leadership more now than ever.
A typical speech from a Lefty. His words are the opposite of his actions.
ReplyDeleteI can punch holes in each of Putin's paragraphs.
This one for example:
From the outset, Russia has advocated peaceful dialogue enabling Syrians to develop a compromise plan for their own future. We are not protecting the Syrian government, but international law. We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today’s complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not. Under current international law, force is permitted only in self-defense or by the decision of the Security Council. Anything else is unacceptable under the United Nations Charter and would constitute an act of aggression.
Putin has advocated peaceful dialogue? He must have been doing this between arms shipments and Security Council vetoes over the past year while 100,000+ Syrians have died?
Putin says that force is permitted only in self-defense or by the decision of the Security Council. He seems to forgot about his unprovoked attack on Georgia in 2008.
ptpine, I think my wife has just identified your next profession as I was reading her your reply. She thinks after sales you have a future as a conservative talk show host and that your mind is like a steel trap.
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