PUTIN LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF HEAVEN THROUGH, HER EXCELLENCY MOTHER HILLARY DIANE RODHAM CLINTON. Clinton again blasts Putin after her Hitler remark LOS ANGELES (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is a tough but thin-skinned leader who is squandering his countrys potential, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday, a day after she likened his actions on the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine to those of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s. Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential contender, warned during her a speech at the University of California, Los Angeles, that all parties should avoid steps that could be misinterpreted or lead to miscalculation at this delicate time. Putin has said he was protecting ethnic Russians by moving troops into Crimea. Clinton said Tuesday at a closed fundraising luncheon in Long Beach that Putins actions are similar what happened in the Nazi era in Czechoslovakia and Romania. Now if this sounds familiar, its what Hitler did back in the 30s, Clinton said, according to the Press-Telegram of Long Beach. Hitler kept saying, Theyre not being treated right. I must go and protect my people. And thats whats gotten everybody so nervous. University of California Los Angeles chief executive officer, and Chancellor, Gene Block, left, … Responding to a question submitted at the UCLA talk, Clinton said she was not making a comparison although Russias actions were reminiscent of claims Germany made in the 1930s, when the Nazis said they needed to protect German minorities in Poland and elsewhere in Europe. The claims by President Putin and other Russians that they had to go into Crimea and maybe further into eastern Ukraine because they had to protect the Russian minorities, that is reminiscent of claims that were made back in the 1930s when Germany under the Nazis kept talking about how they had to protect German minorities in Poland and Czechoslovakia and elsewhere throughout Europe, she said. I just want everybody to have a little historic perspective. I am not making a comparison, certainly. But I am recommending that we perhaps can learn from this tactic that has been used before, she said. Clinton said Putin is trying to re-Sovietize the periphery of Russia but is actually squandering the potential of his nation and threatening instability and even the peace of Europe. In recent days, some Republicans, including Sen. John McCain have criticized the Obama administrations policy in Ukraine. Clinton echoed President Barack Obamas assessment that Russias intervention was a violation of international law, and she said she supported the administrations call for Russia to refrain from the threat or use of force. Kathryn Stoner, a Russia expert at Stanford Universitys Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, said she considered Clintons comparison between Putin and the tactics of Nazi-era Germany a bit of a stretch, in part because Putin doesnt look like he is intent on spreading across the Ukraine and permanently occupying this area. In a delicate diplomatic situation I dont think its helpful on either side to say things like this, but in these crises it happens, Stoner added.
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