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Putin speaks to us about Syria

So, um, Vladimir Putin wrote an op-ed in the New York Times, addressing the issues with Syria.

It's an interesting read, but here is the only thing that sticks with me. This statement:

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this. I carefully studied his address to the nation on Tuesday. And I would rather disagree with a case he made on American exceptionalism, stating that the United States’ policy is “what makes America different. It’s what makes us exceptional.” It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.

Please read the rest here

Interesting Quote: Vladimir Putin

“We can be absolutely sure that Russia will support the principles of Olympism, which don’t allow discrimination of people on any basis, either ethnicity or gender or … sexual orientation.
--- People of untraditional sexual orientation are in no way infringed upon, either in a professional sense or in terms of salary. I am working with such people.... We have absolutely normal relations, and I don’t see anything special in it.”

Putin promises no drama to gays during the Winter Games... We'll see.

READ Scott Lively's Open Letter to Vladimir Putin

This is some messed up stuff.

Here's a teaser:

On behalf of millions of Americans and Canadians who are concerned about the seemingly unstoppable spread of homosexuality in our countries and internationally, I wish to respectfully express my heartfelt gratitude that your nation has take a firm and unequivocal stand against this scourge by banning homosexualist propaganda in Russia. You have set an example of moral leadership that has shamed the governments of Western Europe and North America and inspired the peoples of the world. Already Lithuania, Moldova, Hungary and the Ukraine have begun to follow your principled example, and you have engendered real hope in the international pro-family movement that this destructive and degrading sexual agenda might finally begin to be brought to a halt across the globe.

And it get worse. Read the rest here