RE: Should U.S.A. actively pursue in the removal of Putin?
July 25, 2014 at 9:09 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2014 at 9:20 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 23, 2014 at 8:17 pm)CristW Wrote: Hello, Should USA pursue a policy to actively remove Pres. Putin? and replace him with Socialists, Communists, or Nationalists? I think it is best we promote a policy which will help the Socialistic parties within Russia(there are 3 which are listed in the Duma) and to strengthen relations with Russia and work with Russia with our space program and global foreign policy objectives.
Tampering in the internal politics of other countries has never in our history played out well. Why should we presume to do so with a country as powerful as Russia?
eta: nod to Minimalist, I posted this before I read his post saying the same thing more artfully.
(July 24, 2014 at 9:22 am)CristW Wrote: Blackout, why do you want nationalists to win? Let' s pretend they do win...what is their foreign policy towards the United States? ...Europe and Asia? ...the Middle East? ...what about domestic freedoms and liberties for fellow Russians? I do not think the Russian nationalist parties would help Russia and the world. The same we could say for the Communist party (even though they are the SECOND most popular party in the Duma and the recent elections).
Quite frankly, I think Putin's policies are designed to garner their support anyways; he seem very intent on recovering Russia's prestige from the Stalin era, which, while obviously leftist and not rightist, is an era which both sides fondly remember. In that sense, they are all nationalists. To that end, Putin will tryi to return the former SSRs to the direct control of the Kremlin, and absent that, will attempt to place them in the Russian orbit as satellite states where they aren't already.
