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Title: He Kept Us Out of War
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URL Source: http://original.antiwar.com/Richard ... 4/09/17/he-kept-us-out-of-war/
Published: Sep 18, 2014
Author: Richard Morchoe
Post Date: 2014-09-18 17:08:37 by Ada
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Views: 340
Comments: 11
There is no escaping it. If we can scrape away all the hypocrisy and cant about the man, there is only one candidate worthy of the next Nobel Prize. This is not being suggested because he has done something for a lasting world peace. Rather he has helped our nation avoid two stupid wars, one possibly nuclear. Viewing international relations from the perspective of an American may be a narrow way of looking at things, but at this point, who cares? We have had almost a decade and a half of failure on the world stage. Let’s be self-centered for once. Oddly enough, the man who is doing so much for us isn’t even American. Weirder still, he is looked upon as the nation’s enemy by those in the higher reaches of the foreign policy establishment and prestige press. Yet Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the man to whom we owe a debt of gratitude. Now, understand that he has not helped our country out of the goodness of his heart. After all, he is the Russian president, not the American. Case 1: He kept us out of Nuclear War. In arranging a ceasefire in the Ukraine, he short-circuited the Euro-American push east. It is now all but certain that NATO membership will not happen. In this, he showed he had a greater interest in stopping the Atlantic Alliance than the allies had in getting their way. Our desire for a Ukrainian takeover was a farce anyway. Democracy is sacred until an elected leader disagrees and then our chosen villain must be rioted out. Maybe it was not a zeal for good government that led to the deposition of the previous Ukrainian president. Instead, we guess that our passion for the Ukraine might have had something to do with hydrocarbons. You don’t think our vice president’s son, Hunter, was made board member of Ukraine’s largest private gas company because of familial genius. No matter the cause, Vlad had no choice but to push back. After all, we could leave Europe and take all our troops home and nobody over there has the capacity to follow us. Putin does not have that luxury. To go away, he would have to move Russia. There is little record of anyone successfully transporting a landmass over a distance, let alone one covering several time zones. The Russkies are stuck where they are and a superpower deciding to get close would concentrate the mind. He didn’t flinch when sanctions were announced. Then again, who really does? He supported the rebels where he could and despite all the hand holding of the junta by the US and EU his proxies so defeated the Ukies that finally after all the promises to crush the rebels failed, they agreed to a cease-fire with alacrity. Now there is no more reason for a war to get out of hand and become nuclear. Kind of disappointing to our betters, but if the cease-fire holds, we lumpen citizens won’t be fried in a nuclear exchange. Good on you, Vlad. Case 2: He kept us out of the Syrian War. The Russian president seems to have made a career of pulling our chestnuts out of the fire for us. You remember the Syrian Chemical Weapons Caper. Now, whether or not the regime used them or the rebels, someone had to pay. The administration had decided it was the Assad government and were intending not just sanctions, but some of that good old extreme prejudice. It wasn’t a really good idea, but what with the imaginary red lines that Assad was not really crossing, Obama was going to have to do something, In the nick of time, Putin got Syria to agree to give up the chemical weapons. This guy can pull rabbits out of the hat like nobody’s business. The question becomes, why would he want a Nobel? Many good folk have been awarded it. Jimmy Carter got it for a lifetime of campaigning to get it. It does have some not so bright stars. As songwriter Tom Lehrer put it, “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.” And, of course our incumbent chief executive got it for, well, something. As his work has benefited our nation, maybe it would do to give him the Presidential Medal of freedom. Granted it is given out like Kleenex, but we should show some gratitude. He will be part of the illustrious company that served freedom such as Estee Lauder who made American womanhood smell nice or Sam Walton who helped suck the life out of American downtowns. Then there is Warren Buffett. President Obama personally placed the bauble around his neck. Whatever the Sage of Omaha did for the cause of freedom is not known. Has made more money than any other investor, however. There is a problem with that pick. Ol’ Warren is financing Burger King’s decamping to the Great White North. The President has called companies that depart "corporate deserters." Maybe Putin would consider the medal an insult. Sorry Vlad, Best we can do is thanks. It’s not much. Ungrateful as we are, it appears we may need him again. Our president announced we must destroy ISIL, or is it ISIS or IS. They killed American reporters. Horrible stuff, but do we go into other countries when a private citizen is killed while on the job? Anyway, his plan does not reek of sanity. The idea of relying on the vanishingly tiny coterie "moderates" is not well thought out. Unfortunately, people in government rarely have the courage to do nothing. Someone has to get us out of this. Paging Doctor Putin, Doctor Putin to the emergency room. Richard Morchoe is a columnist, book reviewer and article writer for a regional monthly magazine in Western Central Massachusetts. His email address is rmorchoe@ymail.com.
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#1. To: Ada (#0)
Case 1: He kept us out of Nuclear War. What utter nonsense.
Hard to dispute such a persuasive argument. John Howard says: There are 4 schools of economics: Democrats don't mind war as long as they can have big government. Republicans don't mind big government as long as they can have war. I'd say that the Impaler has done much, much, more for peace in the world than has the kenyan. (At least he's not bat-shit crazy) “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Case 1: He kept us out of Nuclear War. We need to think that one thru... He kept us out of nuclear by NOT bombing us? That premise is totally illogical. We should not forget that when the USSR "fell", it was the United States that paid billions of dollars to the new government for armed protection of the Russian bombs. Putin/Russia is going nowhere. This from Putin today.... ""Shockwaves reverberated through Eastern Europe tonight after Vladimir Putin boasted he could invade five NATO capitals inside two days. This came amid new reports that almost 4,000 Russia troops are massing in Crimea close to Ukraine's mainland. 'If I wanted, Russian troops could not only be in Kiev in two days, but in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw or Bucharest, too,' Putin was quoted as threatening, according to Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko."" Putin and Russia could very easily do that, however one has to ask, why does'nt he. Perhaps he is just being benevolent?
For sure... Russians are very patient, very devious people. They are in for the long haul, the whole enchilada. Russia started out as one small city state and over hundreds of years became the largest country in the world. How was this accomplished? By force, lose here, win there, but always keep plodding on. They still legally own a large part of California.
And like a good Amerikan citizen, you swallow every lie that fat pig boy vomits out of his pie hole. Good job komrade. Project much Cyni? Russians appear to want peace and freedom, what is it that YOU want? Because they have no desire or interest in doing so. Didn't that even dawn on you? Lurk....Not feeling well here. Not in mood for "you" dialogue. Add something, be glad to read and respond.
Cyni, you're the only person on this forum who views Russia as a threat to our existence, so yes, I include the "you" word when "you" make bizarro proclamations concerning that topic. I agree with every word of the article, in case it wasn't already apparent. Hell, I WISH we had a leader such as him, one who cared as much for our nation as he does his. Instead, we have a traitor who arms potential enemies such as the Syrian "rebels", otherwise known as Al-Qaeda or the newest catchy phrase, ISIS (or is it ISIL or IS), all in order to appease the people who pull his strings, to the detriment of our own lives and fortune. Russia is still a bear with a shocking record of mass murder and destruction. Russians seem to consider that the good old days, and nobody ever holds them to account for it. Russia is still menacing the Baltics and salivating over Ukraine; if it's not bludgeoning Chechnya it's only taking a vodka break. Why do I keep thinking we're against big government and for the downtrodden here. DC's behavior toward Russia and toward Putin is despicable, yes. But that doesn't change anything across the Pacific except maybe to make the Russkies hate us more -- understandably so. The odd part is that the US is the new USSR while the old one starts rising from the ashes. Thanks, Jews! (There, I threw in my first deliberate HTML.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMniFQCyqTg
Yet Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the man to whom we owe a debt of gratitude.
#2. To: Cynicom (#1)
What utter nonsense.
Marxism: steal everything
Keynesianism: steal by counterfeiting whenever needed
Chicago school (Milton Friedman): steal by counterfeiting at a steady, predictable rate
Austrians: don't steal
'Wiped off the Map' – The Rumor of the Century
#3. To: Cynicom (#1)
#4. To: PnbC (#2)
Hard to dispute such a persuasive argument.
#5. To: Lod (#3)
I'd say that the Impaler has done much, much, more for peace in the world than has the kenyan.
#6. To: Cynicom (#4)
'If I wanted, Russian troops could not only be in Kiev in two days, but in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw or Bucharest, too,' Putin was quoted as threatening, according to Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko.""
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#7. To: Cynicom (#5)
Russians are very patient, very devious people.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#8. To: Cynicom (#4)
Putin and Russia could very easily do that, however one has to ask, why does'nt he.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#9. To: FormerLurker (#8)
#10. To: Cynicom (#9)
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#11. To: Ada (#0)
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