This week we were treated to an op-ed article from President
Putin who decided to lecture the American people on the proper use of military
force and international cooperation. The whole thing would be funny if it was
not so tragic.
It is amazing that Mr. Putin would lecture Americans on human rights when his
previous employer, the KGB of the now debunked USSR, single purpose was to deny
rights to its countries own citizens and deal with anyone who resisted the
crushing communist government with violence only exceeded by previous USSR
governments.
It is ironic that Mr. Putin uses the violence in Afghanistan,
since the US lead the invasion, as an example of the problem with the use of
military force and states “We need to use the United Nations Security Council to
preserve law and order in today’s complex and turbulent world”. I don’t
remember any UN resolutions Mr. Putin when hundreds of thousands of Russian
troops flooded across the Afghan border. I don’t remember any UN resolutions
Mr. Putin when that action started the violent down-spiral that eventually lead
to Al Qaeda having complete run of Afghanistan. I don’t remember any UN
resolutions Mr. Putin that stopped Al Qaeda from using that county to train and
plan attacks like 9-11. I don’t remember you or any representative of the USSR
objecting to the mass killing of civilians with Mi-24 attack helicopters during
the USSR occupation. You showed no concern for international law or UN
sanctions as the government YOU
worked for carted political prisoners off to Siberia or as your Russian tanks
crushed Chechen rebels.
Save us the lectures Mr. Putin.
We do not need them from a man who worked for one of the most
murderous governments in history. The USS has supported proxy wars throughout
history. Your country has always been
and still is on the side of tyranny, ruthlessness and brutal governments. Even today,
in the country where YOU are
President, citizens are beaten, imprisoned and killed just for voicing
opposition to your polices.
Maybe in your country, with government controlled media and
thug police, maybe there you can get away with the outlandish lies your article
expounds. But in a country with a free press, in a country that encourages free
thinking people, YOU are a hypocrite
and a clown. You have stumbled on to a political opportunity to increase Russian
influence. This opportunity was brought
about mainly due to the total incompetence of the current US President and his team
of advisors. But don’t assume the majority of Americans are as ignorant as our
current leader.
Your biggest error, your biggest misconception, is your
belief that America is not exceptional. It is not the individual per say but
something much greater. What makes America exceptional is the concepts of
individual liberty and individual freedom that allows Americans to achieve
exceptional things. There is a reason
that America had to supply wheat to feed your Russian citizens during the
communist reign of terror. There is a reason why the US economy dwarfs all
others and is 8 times the size of the Russian economy. It’s not because
America’s citizens are smarter or harder working than any others. History has
shown the brilliance and resolve of the Russian people. The difference is, the
American Constitution that allows American individuals to achieve their maximum
potential and not be limited by a corrupt and overbearing bureaucratic
government.
Immigrants flock to the United States of America because in
the USA; you can be or achieve anything.
Our country is not perfect: we are lead
and governed by imperfect people. But,
our Founding Father’s concept of unalienable rights is perfect. It is the light
that lead the world out of 10,000 years of darkness; that proved that the
individual has value. A person has value
not because it was granted by some government or some King or some President; a
person has value just because the individual exists.
If you were a great leader, you would understand this
concept.
If you were a great leader, you would emulate this concept.
But then, I did say “if”………
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