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MADem

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6. What a polite argument. Right on the mark about VP, too.

Reply to cheapdate (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 29, 2014, 07:07 PM

Mar 2014

He's about as "powerless" as any old dictator-President for life-strongman.

It's not even the image he aggressively projects, as we've seen down the years.

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Tariq Ali: How Vladimir Putin became evil. The US & UK condemn him for Crimea but supported him... [View all] nationalize the fed Mar 2014 OP

Tariq Ali may occasionally have an interesting perspective cheapdate Mar 2014 #1

"wildly overblown and his arguments absurdly distorted." nationalize the fed Mar 2014 #3

Yes, "wildly overblown" and "absurdly distorted" cheapdate Mar 2014 #8

What a polite argument. Right on the mark about VP, too. MADem Mar 2014 #6

Thanks for sharing that excellent article Catherina Mar 2014 #2

Putin has been evil from the start DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 #4

Too many folks don't even know the promises made to Gorbachev malaise Mar 2014 #5

If you're interested, I posted just below you, here's an article on snappyturtle Mar 2014 #9

Thanks snappyturtle malaise Mar 2014 #11

Oh you're so welcome malaise! snappyturtle Mar 2014 #14

Thank you, thank you! Excellent article. I used to see Tariq Ali on the tube snappyturtle Mar 2014 #7

Noriega, Saddam, Vlad Doctor_J Mar 2014 #10

Ask Mugabe about the promises made to him by the British and Americans malaise Mar 2014 #12

DURec leftstreet Mar 2014 #13