A few days ago, John Vandiver from Stars and Stripes wrote a story that dove tailed quite well with my Monday’s blog posting. In his story, Mr. Vandiver wrote of the new NATO Secretary-General’s response to the latest claim of President Vladimir Putin. In short, Putin’s drivel goes something like this: “Putin had told students in St. Petersburg Monday that elements of the Ukrainian army were ‘a foreign legion, in this case a foreign NATO legion,’ with the intent to contain Russia.” The response from the NATO Secretary General? “It’s nonsense.”
I would say that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has hit the nail on the head. Sadly though, there are people in Russia who are highly desirous of believing the bizarre claims made by Putin. In fact, it is that belief in what they are hearing, as opposed to questioning things like their economy, that will permit Putin to continue his actions in the Ukraine. This is a classic bait and switch, which is a tool used universally throughout all global politics. It simply enables a politician to engage in the typical “Look at this, as opposed to having anyone examine the real problem” type of leadership. Of course, the media does a great job of enabling such things too, since face it, we’re still seeing report after report about the inflation of footballs, instead of discussing the real problems facing us from around the globe. ~ Michael S. Pauley
I would say that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has hit the nail on the head. Sadly though, there are people in Russia who are highly desirous of believing the bizarre claims made by Putin. In fact, it is that belief in what they are hearing, as opposed to questioning things like their economy, that will permit Putin to continue his actions in the Ukraine. This is a classic bait and switch, which is a tool used universally throughout all global politics. It simply enables a politician to engage in the typical “Look at this, as opposed to having anyone examine the real problem” type of leadership. Of course, the media does a great job of enabling such things too, since face it, we’re still seeing report after report about the inflation of footballs, instead of discussing the real problems facing us from around the globe. ~ Michael S. Pauley
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