But consider Russia, and "The (Not so Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," and other possible negative attributes.

Submitted by Robert (United States), Oct 5, 2015 at 15:55

But the Sunni "opposition," "rebels," "Islamits," are by fare worse.

The assumtion usually made is that there are two (2) side: (1) The Virtuous, and (2) the "Evil."

But there was an American Western that sould come to mind in this context: "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly." And in that train of thought, one can strike "The Good," and add additional negative attributes, with some creative thought and observation of the facts, or media.

Now we have Putin and the "Russlies" (no disrespect intended); I only wish to indicate that however the West wishes to malign contemporary Russia, or KGB Putin - the fact is that he has some dtrong arguments that are hard to deny - if one keeps an open mind:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/world/russia-syria-nikonov-amanpour/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/world/europe/nato-russia-warplane-turkey.html?_r=0

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