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Originally Posted by Dimitrius07
Putin put out your tong from Iraq a@s and stop make fool of our self  |
No offence taken
Putin doesn't need to make fools of 'our self' as I believe the American leadership has that ground firmly covered
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Originally Posted by irish1958
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Originally Posted by joea
FFS, why are some of you Americans so eager to make enemies???? :hmm:
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Simple. The John Wayne, cowboy mentality of some of our conservatives forces them to ignore opinions that are contrary to their "beliefs". As a matter of faith (defined as certainty without the necessity of having facts to support your position) they believe they are right, and everyone else is wrong, or at least misguided. |
Very good point, and I'd like to make it a point for distinguishing Putin (and why he's liked in his country, quite aside from "cult of personality") - I see the US conservatives acting largely out of principles and idealism, whereas Putin tends to act pragmatically and with concern for specific & real (rather than ideological) interests.
Again, though I'm not a fan of Putin, I sincerely wish we could have a world where pragmatic forces seek a balance than a world of great ideological struggles between "good and evil" that the American leadership is trying to build a frenzy around. This is why I think Putin is very right in that speech. :hmm: