Ok. I’m intellectually honest. Even after I write a piece defending GW, I sometimes can follow with a criticism. In a 2001 press conference with Russian President, Vladimir Putin, Bush said the following of Putin -
I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul; a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country. And I appreciated so very much the frank dialogue.
You gotta ask what the hell GW was thinking. Since that press conference, Putin has shown himself to be an authoritarian dictator bent on a national-socialist (yes – fascist!) form of government for his nation. Putin has stripped Russian citizens of their freedoms, stifled all political opposition, murdered opponents and detractors, enabled terrorists, and opposed the US at every turn when it comes to foreign policy.
In a scary scenario reminiscent of the Hitler Youth, the Kremlin has established the “Nashi.” Not satisfied with the Russian youth’s efforts to act as thugs against opponents and proselytize for their form of fascism, Moscow has begun asking these young ones to ”get it on” for the sake of the motherland. No – really.
Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp’s mass wedding. “They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia”.
Obediently, couples move to a special section of dormitory tents arranged in a heart-shape and called the Love Oasis, where they can start procreating for the motherland.
With its relentlessly upbeat tone, bizarre ideas and tight control, it sounds like a weird indoctrination session for a phoney religious cult.
But this organisation – known as “Nashi”, meaning “Ours” – is youth movement run by Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin that has become a central part of Russian political life.
I guess you could say that fascism breeds fascism and fascists will breed more fascists. At least, that is what the Kremlin is hoping will happen.





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