Something occurred in Russia today dear readers which you likely did not see nary a minute of news coverage of here on American mainstream media outlets, mostly because CNN has temporarily anointed itself the 24x7 Missing Jet channel, Fox is too busy ginning up new Benghazi conspiracy theories, and MSNBC is .... fuck if The Gadfly knows what the hell they're doing over there - they're all over the map on unimportant news stories.
Anyhow here are a couple of pictures of Russian civilians protesting their government's actions in the Crimea and Ukraine today (click pics to enlarge):
Here is a picture of the pro-war, Putin supporting Russians who staged their own counter demonstration:
[ h/t: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43173_Photo_Gallery-_Huge_Anti-War_Demonstration_in_Moscow ]
Now - The Gadfly remembers pretty vividly back around 2002/2003 when a bunch of Americans weren't too keen on the plans of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to invade Iraq, especially considering that the justification being shoveled to the populace appeared to be, to those of us who were actually paying attention, just pure out and out lies and bullshit (we've since been vindicated). In fact though, there were major protests in large U.S. cities that received scant press coverage, perhaps a passing mention on a national news show, if lucky. And to add tyranny to being insulted, those of us who did not support that war of choice were told by Bush underlings to shut our mouths and subtly threatened by advising us to watch what we say and do.
The Gadfly is only bringing this subject up because here we fucking go again -- only this time, the government ignoring the pleas of their citizenry to reconsider their war mongering, is Russia -- the country which Americans, for a generation, feared as the single sovereign entity in the world that could destroy the United States of America and turn us all in to commie pinko comrades in servitude to the state.
What is truly and deliciously ironic about today's documented evidence that a majority of the Russian people themselves aren't war lovers, is the fact that on this side of the pond, our own right wing warriors have been expressing admiration for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his war provoking actions in Ukraine and The Crimea. In fact, our right wing loons are so enamored of Putin, that they found it necessary to poll the attendees at their recent annual Monkey Poo Flingathon, er, The Gadfly means CPAC Convention, asking their acolytes who they would rather have as President, Putin or Obama. Bottom line is - American conservatives appear to prefer a KGB, Communist dictator for their leader as opposed to a moderate American Democrat who just happens to be a Negro. Observe Jon Stewart address this phenomenon:
So basically -- when you get right down to analyzing the nuts and bolts of the differences between American culture and Russian culture -- it's pretty clear that a majority of both country's citizenry are sick and fucking tired of these mindless wars, and that the only assholes in each culture who are still pining for war and aggression are the factions from the hard core right wing of each country's political infrastructure.
And that dear readers is the manifestation for what is so fucking wrong with this world --- right wing conservatives who just cannot seem to satisfy their unending bloodlust for death and destruction while enriching the bank accounts and stock portfolios of their soulless fucking paymasters in the military-industrial complex.
Right wing extremism, over there or right here at home, = an uncertain future for your's and my children and grand children.
----TFG
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