I visited Russia and several other communist countries when I was young. As far as I know, I never met Putin but I did witness:
- the corruption rampant in communist states
- the way citizens live in fear in police states
- the feeling of powerlessness and defenselessness of the citizens of communist states
- the queues lining up for basics like bread in communist states
- the absolute poverty of citizens in communist states
- the way communist states imprison their own citizens within their borders
- the denial of free speech in communist states
It astounds me that many who accuse others of being "Putin's friend" are in fact trying to cover up the potential:
- spying by the government on its own citizens
- use of government departments against political opponents
- government departments withholding information from the people's representative (congress) who are supposed to be providing oversight
- bribery of those in power
- etc.
I could go on - but suffice to say, I would encourage you to think for yourself before you parrot a political slogan.
All of that is fascinating, but the fact is YOU have a bias towards Mueller which is apparent by your willingness to speculate about his intentions, when the investigation is far from over and in reality, no one in the public will likely ever have all the facts. As for trusting Mueller or the federal government in general, I certainly do not. So your insinuations about someone "parroting a political slogan" are not only non sequitur (or else, show me the slogan I repeated?), but they also have no justification. And whether Mueller or the government itself is corrupt and problematic (I'm sure they are) in no way is an automatic exoneration of Trump or Putin. It is entirely possible to catch and prosecute corrupt people by using OTHER corrupt people to do so. So to invest so much time and effort attempting to tar Mueller as biased when all the facts are not and likely will never be known only reveals that you yourself are biased against Mueller. In politics, whenever we see bias, we automatically can derive the motivation by looking at its opposite; if you are attacking Mueller, you can only be doing so with the intention of defending Trump and/or Putin. Personally I don't blame Putin for playing the cards he's dealt; it's sorta his job. But to the extent that Trump colluded with Putin, he was either a witting or unwitting accomplice, either of which should put him in jail.
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Great point - I have been looking for examples where Mueller appeared to favor Republicans over Democrats, but am coming up short.
If you know of examples and can share links to stories about them - I would love to look at them and include them in my analysis as appropriate.
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