“These wanton actions against Gontmakher were taken by the Kremlin despite the glare of a worldwide spotlight shining on his case.”…..and this is pretty well explained by the sentence in the next paragraph: “Needless to say, Obama turned a deaf ear to these protests, just as he has done in regard to all human rights and security issues where Russia is concerned.”
Putin is just being Putin. A snake is a snake is a snake. And a tiger is a tiger. Pitiful, actually, that people apparently still think that if this is just MADE PUBLIC! RAISE A HUE AND CRY! PUT UP BILLBOARDS!!!!….THEN everything will be made right. Get a grip, folks. Will you now begin to understand that this is what obama has done with regard to America’s influence on the international scene? This is NOT about “one American citizen.” If you have the ears to hear it, this is about 330 million American citizens. We don’t even have standing within our own nation any more. Why on earth are you surprised that we wouldn’t have standing in Putin’s Russia? (or do you know as little about Putin as you apparently do about obama?)
Forgive my pointy opinion. But I have about HAD IT with people who refuse to realize that the ground is collapsing under their feet and want to keep on building little tiny fires so they can pretend it’s still summer.
Read Putin. Listen to Putin. Study Putin. And think about why he and his ilk around the world have absolutely no respect, regard, fear or concern about the United States of America.
