Thread: The crisis in Syria

Although I rather support Putin's actions in Snowden and Syria cases, I'm far from believing that he is doing this because he is such a good guy. He needs popularity and support all over the world for very cynical reason: he and his buddies have their families living in Europe and USA, keep their money there, their children are getting education there, they have real estate there etc. They just using Russia as a "milk cow" to gain their well-being, but are planning to live elsewhere. They don't plan in any way becoming an outcasts like North-Korean elite. So some international PR suits their interests very well.

Originally Posted by Basil77

Although I rather support Putin's actions in Snowden and Syria cases, I'm far from believing that he is doing this because he is such a good guy. He needs popularity and support all over the world for very cynical reason: he and his buddies have their families living in Europe and USA, keep their money there, their children are getting education there, they have real estate there etc. They just using Russia as a "milk cow" to gain their well-being, but are planning to live elsewhere. They don't plan in any way becoming an outcasts like North-Korean elite. So some international PR suits their interests very well.

Hehehe. I don't think Putin is a "good guy" or a "bad guy." I think he is a politician and the leader of one of the greatest nations in the world. I do not envy that responsibility, and I do not envy Obama's role either. Both of them are going to do what they can to appeal to their constituents. We can only hope that they try to appeal to the INTELLIGENT constituents rather then the troglodytes in both of our countries.