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Nyet12/06/2011 9:02:09 am PST

re: #10 Bob Levin

I don’t think Putin qualifies as an accurate mirror.

That’s only because you don’t like what you see in this mirror in this instance.

“Russia is different” is really a deflection. Of course it’s different. So what? Does that mean that when Putin severely limits financing of human rights NGOs he is being an enemy of democracy, freedom and civil society, but when Netanyahu (who is certainly no Putin, but that’s beside the point) does the same, this must be defended at any cost as not being anti-democratic? Why?

No, you must point out how the very same actions are suddenly “good” when done in Israel but “bad” when done in Russia. “They’re different” doesn’t cut it.