--- Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- Michael Pugliese <michael.098762001 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Most significant of all of these is the political
> character of the two
> most important states to have undergone the
> communist
> experiment: the
> neo-authoritarian dictatorship of Vladimir Putin in
> Russia,
>
This idiot just really ticked me off. He should be thrown in the Lubyanka and get worked over by Yezhov's zombie.
Yeltsin:
5% approval rating Destroys country Destroys economy Steals presidential election Fails miserably in unpopular war Shelled parliament Viewed by, oh, 80% of population as the worst leader in history
Putin:
65-75% approval rating Keeps country from falling apart Presides over economic rebound Wins presidential election without campaigning Generally successuful in popular war Viewed by, oh, 80% of population as the guy that saved the country
Who's the dictator?
I am beginning to suspect that the Brits will not recognize Russia as democratic until it loses as much of its geopolitical significance as they have and becomes a third-rate little island speck of a country.
Nu, zayats, pogodi!
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