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What Putin and Obama Do and Dont Have in Common
With Vladimir Putin giving Barack Obama the back of his gloved hand in the Crimea, its easy to forget what the two leaders have in common. Neither of them likes democracy very much.In Putins case that couldnt be more obvious, but Obama has given more than his share of signals to that effect in recent days, informing a complaisant Congress during the State of the Union that he was going to override them and take the law into his own hands by executive fiat if they didnt go along with his policies. His number one consigliere, Valerie Jarrett, repeated essentially the same thing during a recent interview on The OReilly Factor. Unfortunately, thats about it in the similarity department (except they both seem to like sports). In two other major categories, the dissimilarities are striking. Putin is one tough dude and a patriot for his country. Obama is neither of these. In evidence I offer one five-letter word: Syria. I could offer a lot more, but I dont want to bore you. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-04 |
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