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What is your stance on Putin?
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:30 am
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:30 am
Do you think the US can trust him or do you believe we should only keep our eyes on him?
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Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:32 am to nateslu1
Trust and cooperate when possible and advantageous.
Skeptical and reactive when not.
This goes for any other nation.
Skeptical and reactive when not.
This goes for any other nation.
This post was edited on 12/17/16 at 12:32 am
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:35 am to nateslu1
quote:Well he's a politician. So the answer should be immediately no.
Do you think the US can trust him
Then you add his history (high ranking KGB in communist Soviet Union, corruption, dictator like actions, etc.) then the answer should be even more obvious.
We can still make something positive out of the his untrustworthiness, but we shouldn't entrust him in that.
This post was edited on 12/17/16 at 12:37 am
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:39 am to HempHead
quote:Sure, but from just a basic "trust or distrust" all else being equal, he should be solid in the distrust column.
Trust and cooperate when possible and advantageous.
Skeptical and reactive when not.
This goes for any other nation.
Now obviously incentives can make one more or less trustworthy, but those should he considered from the baseline.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:42 am to buckeye_vol
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Now obviously incentives can make one more or less trustworthy, but those should he considered from the baseline.
OP made a pretty binary set of choices, just answering the question. Absolutism in foreign policy is pretty retarded, IMO.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:42 am to nateslu1
My stance is, if he truly helped elect the God Emperor then bless him.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:44 am to nateslu1
There will be times we mutually benefit each other, and times where they have alterior motives. And vice versa as well. It's trump and putins job to win these head games and accomplish what is in the best interest of their people.
So no neither should trust each other completely, but that doesn't mean we can't work together
So no neither should trust each other completely, but that doesn't mean we can't work together
This post was edited on 12/17/16 at 12:46 am
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:50 am to HempHead
quote:Good point. But you chose both choices.
OP made a pretty binary set of choices, just answering the question. Absolutism in foreign policy is pretty retarded, IMO.
Wishy-washy Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:51 am to buckeye_vol
It's Schrodinger's Diplomat!
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:54 am to nateslu1
He's such an alpha male that he put two girls in prison bc they wrote a campy song about him.
He's widdle bitty feewings got hurt.
He invaded a sovereign area and likes trump bc trump doesn't know if Crimea is a who, what, when or where.
He's widdle bitty feewings got hurt.
He invaded a sovereign area and likes trump bc trump doesn't know if Crimea is a who, what, when or where.
This post was edited on 12/17/16 at 12:57 am
Posted on 12/17/16 at 12:58 am to nateslu1
My stance is frick Putin.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:00 am to mahdragonz
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mahdragonz
I don't know you but this is how I imagine you based on your posts I've read so far
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:00 am to mahdragonz
double post
This post was edited on 12/17/16 at 1:04 am
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:09 am to nateslu1
quote:
What is your stance on Putin?
He must be smarter than he looks.
The Dems have been trying to play the Rooskies as if they were still the USSR. No one GAF about that.
Surely the Russians know -they- can't play that way either.
Trust, but verify.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:16 am to nateslu1
Do NOT trust EVER, but cooperate where MUTUALLY beneficial (but not at the expense of our allies).
Remember he is ex-KGB and that is like having a tatoo. It is ingrained in you and can never been taken off (but it can be hidden with some makeup).
He is NOT our friend, he hates the west, brainwashes his people and is corrupt as hell.
Don't trust him.
Remember he is ex-KGB and that is like having a tatoo. It is ingrained in you and can never been taken off (but it can be hidden with some makeup).
He is NOT our friend, he hates the west, brainwashes his people and is corrupt as hell.
Don't trust him.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:25 am to nateslu1
My stance on Putin is American prosperity first by any means and any temporary or long term alliances. If our goals allign with Putin's in a specific field-namely the warding off of the infeftion of islamism on western civilization- then I see no reason to see him as an enemy.
What direct threat has Putin or Russia levied against the USA even tangentally? Honestly, give one example with rock solid results.
What direct threat has Putin or Russia levied against the USA even tangentally? Honestly, give one example with rock solid results.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:36 am to nateslu1
Not married, tons of bastard children, runs a beautiful country, former member of KGB. With those credentials he sounds like a guy you can trust, I'll invite him over for a steak dinner.
Posted on 12/17/16 at 1:46 am to Eurocat
Posted on 12/17/16 at 2:23 am to ManBearTiger
quote:
What direct threat has Putin or Russia levied against the USA even tangentally? Honestly, give one example with rock solid results.
Hacking our elections for one.
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