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To: i-node who wrote (409300)8/22/2008 2:17:18 PM
From: michael97123  Respond to of 1575615
 
19th century russia....thats a better lens to look at him. He is not a communist and the US has common interests with russia that overshadow these childish 19th century disputes. KGB tactics arent all that different from czarist russia.



To: i-node who wrote (409300)8/22/2008 2:22:06 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575615
 
"Which is, at this point, precisely the way he needs to be viewed."

Not at all. Look at the powerful Tsars. I can guarantee you that Putin styles himself as the modern Peter the Great.



To: i-node who wrote (409300)8/22/2008 2:27:00 PM
From: Taro  Respond to of 1575615
 
One may say he is on his way back to the Soviet roots, in Gori, the true roots of Beria and Stalin.

Taro