Writer calls on Putin to broker cease-fire in Chicago violence since Obama won't or can't

[KennedyBrothers]

One of the most interesting columns I've seen in a long time:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/15589477-chicago-president-obama-pendleton-putin

[warrior1]

1. You got to fucking kidding me

They need to give it a rest.

Obama won, Putin had to put his puppet in check.

Get over it.

[dkf]

3. And why haven't we tried to do something about Chicago?

That's a tragedy every weekend.

[KennedyBrothers]

4. sad but true

You are right, dkf. Chicago has turned into a nightmare when it comes to shootings.

[KennedyBrothers]

2. Chicago

Actually, the column is about violence in Chicago.

Did you read it?

Families of gunfire death victims, be it in the US or Syria, just don't "get over it."

It really is worth reading.

[mucifer]

5. Do you realize the whole Putin Op Ed thing was nothing more than a publicity stunt?

He hired a fancy PR firm and it sure worked for him.

(Reuters) - In April 2011, then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was asked an unusually flattering question by an American journalist: "Are you the coolest man in politics?"

The interview, which ran on the website of Outdoor Life magazine, was set up by Ketchum Inc., the U.S. public-relations firm that has worked to burnish Russia's image since 2006.

On Thursday, Ketchum scored another public-relations coup: It helped place a Putin commentary in opinion pages of The New York Times, just as representatives from Russia and the United States were beginning to meet in Geneva to negotiate a plan for Syria to give up its chemical weapons.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/13/us-syria-crisis-usa-ketchum-idUSBRE98C00S20130913

I do believe the problems of violence in my city are more complicated than getting some politician to magically make it disappear. He is a politician as much as our President is a politician.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. I know Rahm is a bit of a jerk but has he gassed anyone?

Do we want Chicago to be a satrapy of Russia the way Syria is?