Before I went to bed last night, I read Putin's OpEd piece
on the front page of the Internet version of the New York Times. I thought it was important, should be taken
seriously and read with a clearly critical eye. So I quickly wrote a brief
blog, "Putin's OpEd".
I wondered how the media would handle it. By this morning, it wasn't big news,
not even mentioned in the local paper, The
Oakland Tribune. As for the NY
Times, it's not referenced on the front page, and is offered in ridiculous,
virtually unreadable form on the OpEd page. Smack in the middle, as if in
rebuttal or rebuke, is a huge bloody hand, presumably Putin's. It seems Putin
has as much chance speaking directly to the American people as Obama has of
being heard unfiltered in Russia or Syria.
So, as a public service, I'll make it possible for my small host
of blog followers to see it in readable form. Just click on Putin's OpEd at the beginning of
last night's blog. Needless to say (sic), this is in no way an endorsement of Putin
or his authoritarian regime (a necessary disclaimer, I guess, though not as
crude as today's Times). I
do agree with the main thrust of Putin's argument for focusing on collective
efforts and the UN. You can read and judge. That's more than most of our
countrymen will be permitted.
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