Quote from: Miz4r on February 11, 2015, 04:33:47 PM

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Quote from: Miz4r on February 11, 2015, 04:04:25 PM

Quote from: Fatman3001 on February 11, 2015, 04:00:53 PM

Quote from: Miz4r on February 11, 2015, 03:57:53 PM

Quote from: Fatman3001 on February 11, 2015, 03:13:07 PM

Don't underestimate the former KGBs ability to manipulate events and manipulate world opinion. Russia is the country where all the conspiracy theories are true.

Of course.. and the US isn't manipulating events and world opinion at all right? They both use the same methods and both sides are being manipulated by forces that go beyond individual countries. Come on don't be naive.

I obviously opened a can worms here. Where is that Reptilian dude when we need him?

I'm not talking about reptilians, I'm talking about you believing in all kinds of Russian conspiracies and thinking the US has none of that going on lol.

If you are unable to see that the way the US and the EU approaches the rest of the world is radically different from the way Putins Russia approaches the world, then I cannot help you.

It's actually not different at all, you are clearly biased to see things from one point of view. You know the saying that all wars are banker wars? Well that's actually not far from the truth, although perhaps a tad too simplistic. But at least more accurate than the simplistic US and EU are the good guys and Russia the bad guys. Roll Eyes

Russia doesn't have a functioning system of checks and balances or any real separation between the legislative Duma, the executive presidency, or the courts. There are no institutionalized critical voices inside or outside the government except for a couple of newspapers whose journalists have a seriously reduced life expectancy and an internet TV channel named Dozhd(tvrain) who's been under a barrage of attacks lately. To claim that Russia is just a normal country is an offense to all the people in Russia trying to make a change, and all of the victims of the current regime who's either been killed or imprisoned for their political beliefs.

The funny thing is that you probably think you have a balanced view of matters. But the world isn't balanced, it is often quite skewed.