Comments on: America’s latest witch-hunt

By: AHRjr

AHRjr — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:07:22 +0000

"I share the widespread Russian sense of outrage at this cruel and misconceived arrest and legal process. Maria Butina has not been accused of being a spy, of stealing American national security secrets, or of subverting American officials. At worst, she was a naive admirer of American ‘Wild West’ culture(considering she has a lot of photos in her western wear) and its gun laws, which she wanted to emulate in Russia. She has publicly compared her birthplace, Siberia, to the American West, and Russian Cossacks to cowboys. She is, at worst, naive and imprudent, a fantasist about her imaginary idealised America. Not a spy or criminal by any reasonable or civilised measure." So being a culture admirer is a crime, huh.

By: Johnny Sacks

Johnny Sacks — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 17:36:18 +0000

Her basic mistake was not going to work for the Saudis or Israelis, because we’re 100% cool with repressive feudal kingdoms and apartheid states.

By: tubularsock

tubularsock — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 19:26:47 +0000

In reply to Jen.

Jen, Tubularsock has taken your fine advice and put rubber bumper pads on all Tubularsock’s gunstocks. Now do you have any solution for the black rubber marks across Tubularsock’s forehead?

Just wondering.

By: manfromatlan

manfromatlan — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 12:40:49 +0000

In reply to Mulga Mumblebrain. @Mulga-That's the MEDIA's job, hence, the hatred :)

By: manfromatlan

manfromatlan — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 12:37:38 +0000

In reply to vexarb. Or, get them elected (via the controlled media, hence, hatred for the alternative0.

By: Mulga Mumblebrain

Mulga Mumblebrain — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 00:19:02 +0000

In reply to vexarb. It would be easy-just remember the Gilded Age oligarch's words-'I can hire one half of the American working-class to kill the other half'. Divide and conquer would be child's play in the USA. After all, a few hundreds 'Russian' Tweets and Farcebook posts has them at one anothers' throats already.

By: Michael McNulty

Michael McNulty — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 17:49:58 +0000

In reply to Jen. You have a good point, so maybe this arrest has saved her life. Anybody who opposes Putin is useful to the west when murdered by the CIA/MI6/Mossad so the blame can be placed on Vladimir.

By: Michael McNulty

Michael McNulty — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 17:36:41 +0000

All totalitarian regimes abuse their legal systems to target opponents. Not only is that the case with this poor woman but the man convicted for the false-flag Boston smoke bombing looks likely to be executed at some point. Very dark days in the US in particular, in Israel also and of late in Britain for false flags leading to the convictions of patsies.

By: Rhys Jaggar

Rhys Jaggar — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 14:37:49 +0000

This is just nonsense.

Not that I support the NRA or the other policies she seems to be espousing, but she is hardly expressing views uncommon in America. It is an odd world when a Russian expressing hardcore Republican values is portrayed as a criminal worthy of 10 years in jail.

Imagine me being arrested in Red Square for holding up a banner saying ‘God Bless Vladimir Putin! Support Nordstream II!’