How Dangerous Is Putin?

by scotoma 22 Replies latest jw friends

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  scotoma

  In Newsweek Magazine
  The Law Of Putin’s Jungle
  Jan 16, 2012 12:00 AM EST
  The Russian leader may be in for a surprise: he misjudges his adversaries.

  "Putin blames the rising unrest on foreign enemies, especially the U.S. State Department, and
  portrays himself as defending the Motherland against them. “Americans should know that Putin
  treats this situation as our 9/11,” says Yuri Krupnov, a Putin confidant who heads a pro-Kremlin
  think tank in Moscow. “This is a moment for tough action…Putin will take power into his hands
  before March in a way that 80 percent of Russians are going to admire him. Expect some exciting
  news.” Some Russians are bracing for a new war with Georgia; others anticipate a domestic
  security crisis like the rash of apartment bombings that first brought Putin to power in
  1999—bombings that were widely believed to have been orchestrated by the KGB’s post-Soviet
  incarnation, the FSB."
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  Vidqun

  Scotoma, interesting article. I believe he is a very dangerous individual. E.g. when that journalist opposed him, she was killed. When the elections needed to be rigged, no problem. When he needs to combat internal terrorism, he organises it. To make matters worse, he is in bed with the Chinese, and as a dual power they could do a lot of damage to the West, especially on the economic front.
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  scotoma

  Rev. 13:3 "And I saw one of its heads as though slaughtered to death, but its death-stroke got healed, and all the earth followed the wild beast with admiration."