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‘Stop acting like an elephant in a china shop’ – Putin

February 08, 2012 15:55

Speaking out against foreign intervention in internal conflicts, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says people should be able to determine their own futures freely.

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Batman (unregistered) 29.05.2012 09:12

Putin, if you say what you mean, about people determining their own future, then let the people of Syria vote who they want to lead their country. Stop helping the ASSID regime with weapons. The killing in Syria is nothing less then murder.

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sandcanyongal 17.05.2012 18:54

Many of us in the US do not want our troops in other countries. We are helpless to stop our government in collusion with corporations to invade countries for their oil and other natural resources. This country is financially bankrupt as a result of this and it puts the citizens at risk of being bombed again, like in September 11, 2001. The rich are at fault. Can we gather them all up and send them somewhere like China to work for Nike to work along side the child labor. (humor.)

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danny p hamilton (unregistered) 15.05.2012 12:41

I personally like Putin, I think that as president he should look out for the strategic interest of Russia that's his job I also agree that people should have freedom to make their own decisions in Russia but at the same time fight for world peace and it would seem that Putin is doing just that I'm also happy that Russian military will be training here in the US with our troops I think the bigger fight is trying to get rid of the globalist looking for overreaching power wall we the people pay for Russia is becoming more freer while the world is moving towards one world government which may not be all that bad if the Constitution was created with inalienable rights for all where people have the freedom to believe speak bear arms or to do whatever they want to do as long as it doesn't hurt another person I honestly believe in President Putin

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WHY DOES THE WEST ALWAYS CRAVE WAR? 10.04.2012 00:27

We do not see President-elect Putin looking to start wars with Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programmes. Does it really matter if they become nuclear states in the final analysis? Most people think the US and Israel are the greatest threats to world peace and they have long had the bomb! The reason North Korea and Iran have nuclear programmes is absolutely sound. Nations like Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan that don't have the bomb get attacked. Nations like Pakistan and India have no worries. The US would be much better off if Putin were the US President, instead of the Bank of America.

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Quarant 21.03.2012 00:51

Vladimir Putin, along with Victor Lukashenka understand exactly what is coming at them.....for the most part.

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Quarant 21.03.2012 00:47

The female presenter sounds like she has trouble breathing.

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Hasib 27.02.2012 10:05

Putin is a good ,sane man . He can make a difference in this world full of lies and killings. I know he has love for animals particularly tigers.And Man is the most superior creation of God. So if he can save the life of even a single man by God's Grace that would be rewarding .God is with the honest people only

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shutdeadtheus 14.02.2012 22:49

killary clinton said last year that russia's diplomacy is dead!but what fact could possibly motivate her to say that.? that is russia is moving back from a defense strategic point of view when america is getting ample ground in that matter.
 to put it clearer if light was a unit of defense the us would be turning on as many as it  can when russia shuts down his. believe me or not there is nothing special in what putin says with all due respect. any ordinary people to would have the same take on that. the controversy   i observe is putin is the actual pm of russia he has done nothing so far to prevent the us from cutting is own neck. he is talking like a man contemplating his brother killing his sister in law while saying slighly stop stop without ever taking the real decision to call the  police.if human being wasn't self-productive. there would remain only a few million of people as the us are destroying them. syria, iran , korea, venezuela, cuba, bolivia, sudan, china are doomed to be destroyed. russia will always be verbally  as usual against those destruction without actually doing nothing militarily. please to get me wrong!

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amy 14.02.2012 19:35

@eurasia this is the problem in america with those that are not aware of their consequences even though they think they are independent minded. They are well informed about govt partaking in 911 and Lavon affairs and Suzzanna and evean the Titanic. But when it comes to what happens when the coming war is over they insist on America first.  America has shown the america only leads the world into more chaos and suffering.  All war would demonstrate is changing of guards, what americans do when their company gets caught cheating and lying, they change a manager.  It is still the same murderous plundering company.  America is going to have to start at the bottom and work its way up proving it can be trusted and handle pressure without cheating its way to the top.Otherwise it is just about plotting another war.
You speak alot about how propaganda makes a population compliant and oblivious to a governments imperalist desires. This is true. But when you denounce one empire just to lend support to another empire, you havent "found the better way", you just switched sides. If I were to post "Thankyou USA for keeping the world safe", you would call me brainwashed. But you post "Thankyou Russia and China for keeping the world safe". Explain how this is any different.

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sandy wellaware1 com 14.02.2012 19:00

Putin is talking about 'prevention' Well it is too late, way too late for preventing! And that is no thanks to Russia and China fr allowing Iraq Afghanistan and Libya to be decimated.  They talked 'prevention' then and they still talk prevention.  It is almost wicked, like the yanks do when they say they support military killing but do not support war.  WHAT?  Too late yankees.  And too late for prevention, the force of evil is upon us. While you were talking prevention the evil trolls ramrodded right by you.

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The Future Light 14.02.2012 18:34

The Future Light wrote in #10
“An elephant in a china shop” is like Waziya in the mythology of the Native American Lakota people.  Waziya is a northern giant who blows the winter wind. In some traditions, Waziya is in the category of   giants appearing in as a symbol of chaos, threatening to disrupt the orderly natural world or social community. &nbs p;       &n bsp;   Although most of Chinese especially those busy selling and buying, the caution “An elephant in a china shop” may sound like a myth, the elephant is real and in the shop, though not yet in the business office. The evil giant enters its target shops airily and therefore it is likely to be seen  as just air while in actual sense it is an evil elephant camouflaged as air. Truly, this Waziya type is not a myth but an evil reality which must be defeated, either by humans or by supernatural beings such as gods. Although immensely powerful, these creatures fall when faced with bravery and cleverness. This victory of wit over brute strength occurs in the biblical story of David, who kills the giant Goliath with a stone from his sling, and in the English folktale of Jack the Giant-Killer, who vanquishes the giant Blunderbore.

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sitting bull 14.02.2012 13:44

Attn: RT - Let's get our colloquialisms straight.  In the English language, it's called a 'bull in a china shop', not an elephant. haha :) 

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Iranian 12.02.2012 13:01

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says people should be able to determine their own futures freely.Well said mr.putin.if Yankees accepted this fact the world was empty of war and instability. The world needs wise men like mr.putin.

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Tan 11.02.2012 03:43

i think the WWIII is coming to a location near us very soon................ .

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