My hat tip to comrade Vladimir Putin, I have a great respect for this man for the statesman he is, the attached is the recorded Valdai International Discussion Club which took place in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, where Mr. Putin rendered his speech in full force. There was also some Q&A where the great Peter Lavelle had an opportunity to pose a question, a question that many of us would have asked, which goes to show Peters skill and how much in touch he is with his audience. I highly recommend watching this whole discussion as only listening to Mr. Putin without biases or prejudice and with an open mind would allow one to evaluate the sobriety of this man. the following is brief symmetrization, just few areas that to me was not only truth and nothing but the truth but it was also articulated with sincerity. Russian president Vladimir Putin talked about the US of undermining the post-Cold War world order while warning that without efforts to establish a new system of global governance the world could collapse into anarchy and chaos. Take it how you want to take it, call it accusation or any other name but one can not overlook the truth. In one of his most anti-US speeches in 15 years as Russia’s most powerful politician, Mr Putin insisted allegations that its annexation of Crimea showed that it was trying to rebuild the Soviet empire were “groundless”. Russia had no intention of encroaching on the sovereignty of its neighbors, he insisted. That too is very true for those of us who have been observing the direction he is taking Russia. Putting went on attributing a well grounded blame at the US for triggering both Crimea’s breakaway from Ukraine and thousands of deaths in the war in the east of the country, by backing what he called an armed coup against former president Viktor Yanukovich in February. Does any rational person doubt what Russian leader is iterating in the wake of what we have found out since the Ukrainian coup. “We didn’t start this,” Mr Putin said. Citing a string of US-led military interventions from Kosovo to Libya, he insisted the US had declared itself victor when the Cold War ended and “decided to … reshape the world to suit their own needs and interests”. Pinnacle in sobriety is what I see in that statement, you can judge that for yourself. “This is the way the nouveaux riches behave when they suddenly end up with a great fortune – in this case, in the shape of world leadership and domination. Instead of managing their wealth wisely … I think they have committed many follies,” he told a conference of foreign academics and journalists at an Olympic ski venue near Sochi. Nouveaux riches ;) brilliant but way too kind and generous of him describing the US administration. The speech was one of Mr Putin’s most important foreign policy statements since he surprised the west in Munich in 2007 by accusing the US of “overstepping its boundaries in every way” and creating new dividing lines in Europe. Some commentators speculated that it reflected Moscow’s fury after US President Barack Obama recently ranked Russia alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as Isis, and the Ebola virus among the top three global threats. But his tone surprised even supporters. Mr Putin signaled he believed the US and Russia should draw a line under recent events and sit down with other big economies to redesign the system of global governance along “multi-polar” lines. While he conceded this could be a lengthy and grueling task, Mr Putin warned the alternative could be serious conflicts involving major countries. He also evoked the danger of a new Cold War-type stand-off, saying existing arms control treaties risked being violated. Would any of us deny danger? Mr Putin said the sanctions undermined world trade rules and globalization, but said Russia was a strong country that could weather the measures, and would not “beg” to get them lifted. Do any of us doubt that the United States hasnt undermine much more than the trade rules and globalization? Do any of us doubt that the United States has violated and undermined hosts of International laws? The Russian president suggested the UN could be “adapted to new realities”, while regional “pillars” of a new system, such as Russia’s own planned Eurasian Union of ex-Soviet states, could help enhance security. But he insisted such moves were only necessary since the US had ridden roughshod over existing rules – for example when it invaded Iraq without UN Security Council backing. I personally think the UN should be dissolved, the UN has shown us for decades that it can not adopt neither a new realities nor can the UN practice morality. I think deep down Mr. Putin with 1/5 of veto power knows that the UN has passed his expiration date already and one can hear that in the next following statement; “If the existing system of international relations, international law and the checks and balances … got in the way of [US] aims, this system was declared worthless, outdated and in need of immediate demolition,” he said. I hazard to say the sobriety and the strength of Mr Putin’s speech took many of the US listeners aback. Addressing a question to the president after his speech, Toby Gati, a former White House official under President Bill Clinton, said she “did not recognize” as her own country the one the Russian president claimed to be describing. Well Toby Gati it has been a while since many of us Americans has recognize this country when anyone else besides the hypocrite leadership of this country describe it to us. So welcome to the club Toby Gati, club of dispossessed majority. Vladimir Putin was indeed describing the United States of Amorality.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:24:32 +0000
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