Jantje_Smit, post: 17637410,
But is it the democratic wish of the people to invade oil rich countries/orchestrate regime changes and drone people to death all over the planet? Is it a democratic wish to pi$$ off the only other country with thousands of nukes? Is it a democratic wish to have your emails read by orwellian spy agencies? etc. etc.
My opposition to the invasion of Iraq is well documented on this type of medium since prior to it being wrongly started.
Unfortunately it was the democratic wish in our electoral college system and a Supreme Court decision to place liars Bush and Cheney in the White House. I am certain Gore would not have made that call even after the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks.
In 2000 I went with my wife and her father in Tver Russia where they cast their vote for Putin. My wife has been here since one year prior to the 9/11/01 attack. We live close to Dulles Airport and we were apart that morning and my new wife from Russia was near the Pentagon. Cell Phone activity was lost.
It was not a pleasant experience but nothing like those killed and injured and sickened on that day.
Regarding Bush's decision to invade Iraq I agreed fully with two leaders who told Bush not to do it. They are State Senator Obama and President Putin.
You must be aware that our current Republican President did not oppose the invasion of Iraq until after it was too late.
Senator Clinton at the time just before the invasion publically requested that Bush allow the UN inspectors be given more time. That was the majority view among Americans nearly 6 out of 10 mostly Democrats.
I have never voted for a Republican and never will.
On the 2008 Georgian attack on Russian people and soldiers in South Ossetia, my wife helped me translate Moscow TV on what was really going on. My wish at that time was for Putin to send his tanks all the way Sakaasvilli's Presidential residence and wait for the coward NYC lawyer to come home then detain him.
On Crimea Annexation to Russia - absolutely the right move and Putin handled it near perfectly without all but I believe one incident where blood was shed.
On Donbass - mixed emotions.
On Syria - Putin has disgraced his image siding so solidly behind mass murderer, genocidal Assad.
On interfering with our election. It is absolutely unacceptable.
So Is it a Russian democratic/kleptocracy wish to pi$$ off the only other country with thousands of nukes?
That goes two ways you know.
We are not droning people to death all over the planet. Do you have a better way of killing terrorists in lawless regions of the world such as the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Do you appreciate that thousands of NATO Alliance lives have been lost ridding Russia's underbelly of the threat of terrorist and Taliban instability.
I have not studied the Chechen war fully but I do know the anti Russian elements there were treated with kid gloves.
No to having private lawful emails read by any nation's spy agencies.
Reason to believe terrorist activity is there - hell yes, read them.
Any further questions.
Proud to be a Democrat in a proud and strong and stable democratic nation. So is my wife.
