Now, the poisoning of another Russian expat.
While the Mighty War Wurlitzer of the US Empire plays it's favorite tune, Evul Putin, once again it makes little sense that even the most possible Evul Putin would do this, especially now.
And I don't believe Putin is so uniquely Evul as to uniquely bear that title compared especially with the greater Evul of the US Empire and US Presidents.
One way to judge the greater evil would be to count the all dead bodies, such as the excess deaths caused by US Foreign Policy through wars and covert missions since 1945. Here we could just count the numbers, without regarding who was right or wrong. Mostly both were wrong. In no way did Soviet actions result in the many tens of millions of excess deaths that US actions did.
Since the Putin era, however, a slightly different pattern emerges. While the US continues long standing and mega deadly war crimes in the Middle East and Afghanistan, and threats and sanctions (which are illegal acts of war also), many of Putin's actions have some legitimacy. For example, he was invited in by the legitimately elected president of a legitimate and recognized country, Syria, to defend that country from terrorists. Meanwhile, the US has been creating, sponsoring, and funding those terrorists for decades. Here, generally speaking, Putin and Assad are fighting a "just war" while the US/Saudi/Israeli actions are war crimes, pure and simple, with no justification.
Likewise, but more complex, is what has happened in Ukraine. And when I defend Russian actions, which are almost as defensible as the ones in Syria, given the entire background, it's a long story. I've given it in previous posts. Basically we funded a coup against another legitimate government, and in this case it actually fell to our coup, upending what was once the heart of Russia. OTOH, some liked being that heart, and some didn't. I take the re-annexation of Crimea as a legitimate claim, and the case for separation of the Donbass is a good one also. Meanwhile, the US has used these arguably legitimate responses to the coup it engineered as an excuse for the first stage of war: Sanctions. For no good reason, as elsewhere in the world we are doing far worse.
But, we could still apply the cold war judging standard I am proposing, all excess deaths are equal, whether war crimes or justifyable, and the US has still caused far more.
Another essay on the Skripal case, showing false flag to be the only plausible explanation.
While the Mighty War Wurlitzer of the US Empire plays it's favorite tune, Evul Putin, once again it makes little sense that even the most possible Evul Putin would do this, especially now.
And I don't believe Putin is so uniquely Evul as to uniquely bear that title compared especially with the greater Evul of the US Empire and US Presidents.
One way to judge the greater evil would be to count the all dead bodies, such as the excess deaths caused by US Foreign Policy through wars and covert missions since 1945. Here we could just count the numbers, without regarding who was right or wrong. Mostly both were wrong. In no way did Soviet actions result in the many tens of millions of excess deaths that US actions did.
Since the Putin era, however, a slightly different pattern emerges. While the US continues long standing and mega deadly war crimes in the Middle East and Afghanistan, and threats and sanctions (which are illegal acts of war also), many of Putin's actions have some legitimacy. For example, he was invited in by the legitimately elected president of a legitimate and recognized country, Syria, to defend that country from terrorists. Meanwhile, the US has been creating, sponsoring, and funding those terrorists for decades. Here, generally speaking, Putin and Assad are fighting a "just war" while the US/Saudi/Israeli actions are war crimes, pure and simple, with no justification.
Likewise, but more complex, is what has happened in Ukraine. And when I defend Russian actions, which are almost as defensible as the ones in Syria, given the entire background, it's a long story. I've given it in previous posts. Basically we funded a coup against another legitimate government, and in this case it actually fell to our coup, upending what was once the heart of Russia. OTOH, some liked being that heart, and some didn't. I take the re-annexation of Crimea as a legitimate claim, and the case for separation of the Donbass is a good one also. Meanwhile, the US has used these arguably legitimate responses to the coup it engineered as an excuse for the first stage of war: Sanctions. For no good reason, as elsewhere in the world we are doing far worse.
But, we could still apply the cold war judging standard I am proposing, all excess deaths are equal, whether war crimes or justifyable, and the US has still caused far more.
Another essay on the Skripal case, showing false flag to be the only plausible explanation.
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