<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Primarily, foil the Clinton administration’s plans to ruin the post-Soviet economy and reduce Russia into a producer of raw materials, under the control of foreign capital.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Before Putin, the US almost succeeded: even the Russian life-expectancy fell.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">No surprise he’s hated by the US political establishment (and loved by the Russians).<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 7, 2017, at 2:45 PM, Karen Aram <<a href="mailto:karenaram@hotmail.com" class="">karenaram@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="">Good question, what has Putin done that no one likes or trusts him?</div>
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I’m afraid you’re right.
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So, what does Caitlin Johnstone really know about Putin that makes him so horrible in her eyes? Does she have to take this tack to make her opinions acceptable?
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The wonderful Caitlin Johnstone restores some sanity - and morality:
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<div class="">"The President of the United States saying 'You think our country’s so innocent?' to Bill O’Reilly on Fox News was one of the best things that’s ever happened. For years Republicans have been moronically bashing Obama for a completely made up
“apology tour” wherein they pretend the President went around apologizing for America’s war crimes and heinous abuses, and meanwhile Democrats were rightly calling Bush a bloodthirsty monster while wrongly ignoring Obama’s bloodbaths all across the globe.
And now the establishment Democrats are eagerly embracing the leftover evil neocons from the Bush administration as they form an alliance against Trump..."</div>
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