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DemocratSinceBirth

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10. Thank you. I wish I could express myself as well.

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Sun Feb 19, 2017, 12:03 PM

Feb 2017

Putin isn't interested in bettering the lot of the Russian people. His raison d'etre is to enrich himself. By creating chaos in the western liberal democracies he deprives the Russian people of a model to replace his. He says, look , do you want to be like them?

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I'm a leftist who is, in the big picture, strongly "Pro-American" & "Anti-Russian" [View all] Tom Rinaldo Feb 2017 OP

My mother had a brief flirtation with the Communist Party in the 1930s Warpy Feb 2017 #1

The anti-totalitarian left has proud American revolutionary roots Tom Rinaldo Feb 2017 #2

I am a leftist who is, in the big picture, LWolf Feb 2017 #3

We probably agree on much Tom Rinaldo Feb 2017 #4

Same here. My country has done some crazy shit Blue_true Feb 2017 #5

I'm all for Russia relations, if they weren't ultranationalists. joshcryer Feb 2017 #6

My beliefs are very similar to former Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson of WA. roamer65 Feb 2017 #7

Good post mvd Feb 2017 #8

Exactly. Here in America I'm sure our President considers folks like me dissidents Tom Rinaldo Feb 2017 #9

Thank you. I wish I could express myself as well. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #10