What Putin wants you to forget
The idea of Vladimir Putin lecturing us about peace, democracy and international law is beyond ironic. And yet here's what he wrote for the New York Times.From the outset, Russia has advocated peaceful dialogue enabling Syrians to develop a compromise plan for their own future. We are not protecting the Syrian government, but international law.
The photo above was taken in March 2011 when Syrians joined in peaceful protests as part of the movement we now call the Arab Spring. They were protesting the brutal dictatorship of Assad. That would have been a moment for Putin's "champion of democracy" to step up. But instead, Assad sent the Syrian Army to quell the uprising with soldiers firing on demonstrators all over the country - thus sparking a civil war.
Its true that since that civil war has now raged for over 2 years, the lines have blurred with various rebel groups. But what Putin wants you to forget is that it was originally an uprising of the Syrian people that his buddy Assad chose to respond to with brutal force.
More:
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-putin-wants-you-to-forget.html
Dispatches: What Putin didn't tell the American People
It’s not what Vladimir Putin’s New York Times op-ed says that’s so worrisome; it’s what it doesn’t say. As a Russian and as someone who has been to Syria multiple times since the beginning of the conflict to investigate war crimes and other violations, I would like to mention a few things Putin overlooked...
There is not a single mention in Putin’s article, addressed to the American people, of the egregious crimes committed by the Syrian government and extensively documented by the UN Commission of Inquiry, local and international human rights groups, and numerous journalists: deliberate and indiscriminate killings of tens of thousands of civilians, executions, torture, enforced disappearances and arbitrary arrests. His op-ed also makes no mention of Russia’s ongoing transfer of arms to Assad throughout the past two and a half years.
The Russian president strategically emphasizes the role of Islamic extremists in the Syrian conflict. Yes, many rebel groups have committed abuses and atrocities. Yet Putin fails to mention that it is the Syrian government that is responsible for shooting peaceful protesters (before the conflict even started) and detaining and torturing their leaders – many of whom remain detained – and that the continued failure of the international community to respond to atrocities in Syria allows crimes on all sides to continue unaddressed.
Read more here:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/12/dispatches-what-putin-didn-t-tell-american-people
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Thank you Johonny.
That is when nadin puts you on 'the list' and refuses to cheat by logging out! You know you are in deep doo doo at that point!
she'll...see me???? 
Oh, I get it. You mean she's been seeing me all along by cheating and logging out? 
That is outrageous!!!!!!!
with the other five thousand of us!
My eyes are tearing up from laughing so hard. This is too much.
It breaks his heart.
Thanks that made my day! 
evidently we are persona non grata in all forms...that means my non-self is typing this on a non-existent keyboard - somewhere in the neither regions of my loins...God I am just awww-full.
Turns out to be me... 
What other secrets am I keeping from myself, I wonder?
You got Plonked on my thread.
You are a noble man, Sir. Your integrity and honor shine through.
To Sir, With Love~
Looks like youve just made Nadins famous "iggy" list. All of us cool kids are on it. Welcome to the group! 
Put on the "iggy" list. However if nadin is still responding to me then, I guess she just wanted to hurt my feelings Again~ . The threat is terrifying!
Thanks bunnies.
she put me in the "childrens wing" of the list. I hope she actually did it too. Itll make her posts a lot more fun. 
I lost my lunch and tuned him out. Nothing but a dictator pretending to be president of a free nation.
Done! Excellent post!
