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Originally Posted by tonyz
IMO, although our own MSM won't be "shut down"...much of our MSM "news" sources appear to suffer a similar malady...at least with respect to Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Hillary...etc., etc., etc., etc.,
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Respectfully, they are worlds apart. In addition to Eastern Europe being my specialty area in SIGINT and PSYOP days, I recently spent 6 years working and living there. With both internal and observed perspectives, old and newer, I do see the differences in a rather unique way. I watched the election through their eyes (I was in Moscow at the time -- in the Federal Duma).
We talk about MSM but we happen to have plenty of "for profit" radio, print, TV outlets who criticize the above list. Russia does not have the same in regard to Putin. It is really, really not the same.
The enemy of my enemy is just that. He is not my friend. He simply has something in common with me at a given point of time on a given subject.
Pravda often criticized President Bush Now they criticize President Obama. And yet -- their own? Hands off.
Must be awesome to be perfect.
We have serious issues and problems in this country to resolve. However, we have a foundation of a political system that has more stamina than the fledgling democracy being toyed with in Russia. Are we a perfect union? No. But walking in some Russian shoes for awhile, I would submit, not the same thing. There is a reason they have a depth of cynicism about them almost in balance with our sense of optimism. Our businesses and innovation thrive on a global basis despite shortfalls in our government. Theirs do not. Ask any US or German or (fill in a favorite country) company who works in Russia and in the US. Ask them if they notice a difference.
Think of what lies below rather than what you see. Think iceberg. We might occasionally share the view above. Doesn't mean it looks the same below the water line.