Putin Gave This Incompetent Zealot Anti-Aircraft Weapons
[Former Putin advisor Gleb] Pavlovsky was especially concerned about one of the pro-Russian military leaders in eastern Ukraine, a former (and possibly current) Russian intelligence officer known to most by his nom de guerre, Igor Strelkov. (Strelkov’s real name is Igor Girkin.)
A wildly messianic nationalist who cultivates an air of lumpy intrigue, Strelkov has found his way to the battlefields of Chechnya, Serbia, and Transnistria. He is now helping to run the separatist operation in Donetsk. Like the radical nationalists and neo-imperialists in Moscow, who have easy access to the airwaves these days, Strelkov has a singular point of disagreement with Putin: the Russian President hasn’t gone nearly far enough; he has failed to invade and annex “Novorossiya,” the separatist term for eastern Ukraine. Pavlovsky said that people like Strelkov and his Moscow allies are as delusional as they are dangerous, somehow believing that they are taking part in grand historical dramas, like the Battle of Borodino, in 1812, or “the novels of Tolkien.”
“Strelkov is well known for leading historical reënactments of Russian military battles, like you have in the States with the Civil War reënactors,” Pavlovsky said. “It used to be a fantasy world for people like him, but now they have a realm for their imaginations.”
If it turns out that men like Strelkov and his fellow soldier-fantasists were responsible for the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and all the people on board, the fever in Russia and Ukraine may intensify beyond anything that Vladimir Putin could have predicted or desired. It is long past time that Putin ended both the inflammatory information war in Russia and the military proxy war in eastern Ukraine that he has done so much to conceive, fund, organize, and fuel. There are hundreds of corpses strewn across a field today in eastern Ukraine. What is Vladimir Putin’s next move?
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By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
Esteban Rey July 18th, 2014 at 12:18
This is what would happen if our III%ers, oathkeepers and other assorted militia creeps got weapons like these.
Suzanne McFly July 18th, 2014 at 12:56
I am glad those nutjobs have no money, Russia doesn’t’ want moonshine, they like their Vodka so no weapons will be exchanged.
tiredoftea July 18th, 2014 at 12:18
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, meet the future of the U.S. militia movement! A crazed gun nut with a pipeline to the weapons our homegrown gun fetish morons can only drool about. That’s the future they dream of as they wear velcro patches and carry their rifles aimlessly on our streets. Why, he even can reenact wars with our boys and bond over how authentic their costumes are!
The future is here, in the Ukraine!
Esteban Rey July 18th, 2014 at 12:18
This is what would happen if our III%ers, oathkeepers and other assorted militia creeps got weapons like these.
Suzanne McFly July 18th, 2014 at 12:56
I am glad those nutjobs have no money, Russia doesn’t’ want moonshine, they like their Vodka so no weapons will be exchanged.
tiredoftea July 18th, 2014 at 12:18
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, meet the future of the U.S. militia movement! A crazed gun nut with a pipeline to the weapons our homegrown gun fetish morons can only drool about. That’s the future they dream of as they wear velcro patches and carry their rifles aimlessly on our streets. Why, he even can reenact wars with our boys and bond over how authentic their costumes are!
The future is here, in the Ukraine!
mea_mark July 18th, 2014 at 12:19
Putin isn’t going to have much choice in what he does next. He is going to have to put as much blame on Girkin as he can and hope the Russian people don’t get to mad at him for his bad policy decisions. This is going to hurt Russia and consequently going to hurt Putin. This sure looks to me like the event that is going to bring about the end of Putin’s political career.
tiredoftea July 18th, 2014 at 13:35
No, he’s safe. He orchestrates the news media in Russia, think Rupert Murdoch as President and then can frame the responses as enemies of Russia attacking him..
mea_mark July 18th, 2014 at 14:43
I don’t think that will work this time. This is to big a story to spin.
tiredoftea July 18th, 2014 at 17:36
It’s only a story if Puttie says it is!
mea_mark July 18th, 2014 at 12:19
Putin isn’t going to have much choice in what he does next. He is going to have to put as much blame on Girkin as he can and hope the Russian people don’t get to mad at him for his bad policy decisions. This is going to hurt Russia and consequently going to hurt Putin. This sure looks to me like the event that is going to bring about the end of Putin’s political career.
tiredoftea July 18th, 2014 at 13:35
No, he’s safe. He orchestrates the news media in Russia, think Rupert Murdoch as President and then can frame the responses as enemies of Russia attacking him..
mea_mark July 18th, 2014 at 14:43
I don’t think that will work this time. This is to big a story to spin.
tiredoftea July 18th, 2014 at 17:36
It’s only a story if Puttie says it is!
Foundryman July 18th, 2014 at 12:25
It seems like just last week there were republicans lined up praising their little friend Vlad showing what a real leader looks like.
Foundryman July 18th, 2014 at 12:25
It seems like just last week there were republicans lined up praising their little friend Vlad showing what a real leader looks like.
Shades July 18th, 2014 at 12:35
Somebody quick ask Steven Seagal if he still wants to move to Russia.
fancypants July 18th, 2014 at 19:44
im still waiting to hear from Ed snowden ? he seems to be very quiet lately…….
Shades July 18th, 2014 at 12:35
Somebody quick ask Steven Seagal if he still wants to move to Russia.
fancypants July 18th, 2014 at 19:44
im still waiting to hear from Ed snowden ? he seems to be very quiet lately…….
Anomaly 100 July 18th, 2014 at 12:37
Shades of Iran-Contra.
Pilotshark July 18th, 2014 at 12:54
you mean this could be Putin’s Waterloo?
;-)
Anomaly 100 July 18th, 2014 at 13:06
One of his Waterloos:-)
arc99 July 18th, 2014 at 13:08
let’s call it Katrina-loo
Pilotshark July 18th, 2014 at 13:25
maybe just a deep Loo :-) as our UK friends call it.
William July 18th, 2014 at 12:37
I wonder if this is going to throw cold water on the conservative-Putin bro-mance.
Foundryman July 18th, 2014 at 12:50
Given the circular logic of the right, they will probably find a way to bring it back to Obama eating a hamburger…
tiredoftea July 18th, 2014 at 13:31
No, it will only strengthen their admiration for him! He gave big weapons to a militia leader.
Lwayno July 20th, 2014 at 09:32
And Russ Limpbag “LOVES” Putin
Anomaly 100 July 18th, 2014 at 12:37
Shades of Iran-Contra.
Pilotshark July 18th, 2014 at 12:54
you mean this could be Putin’s Waterloo?
;-)
Anomaly 100 July 18th, 2014 at 13:06
One of his Waterloos:-)
arc99 July 18th, 2014 at 13:08
let’s call it Katrina-loo
Pilotshark July 18th, 2014 at 13:25
maybe just a deep Loo :-) as our UK friends call it.
William July 18th, 2014 at 12:37
I wonder if this is going to throw cold water on the conservative-Putin bro-mance.
Foundryman July 18th, 2014 at 12:50
Given the circular logic of the right, they will probably find a way to bring it back to Obama eating a hamburger…
tiredoftea July 18th, 2014 at 13:31
No, it will only strengthen their admiration for him! He gave big weapons to a militia leader.
Lwayno July 20th, 2014 at 09:32
And Russ Limpbag “LOVES” Putin
ChrisVosburg July 18th, 2014 at 13:25
Girkin sounds like quite a piece of work, all right, and I’m getting a vibe much like that I got from some of the more rabid “weekend warrior” types of the Bosnian conflicts, Serbs with a day job that enjoyed plinking Bosnians on their time off, ’cause it was just such fun.
ChrisVosburg July 18th, 2014 at 13:25
Girkin sounds like quite a piece of work, all right, and I’m getting a vibe much like that I got from some of the more rabid “weekend warrior” types of the Bosnian conflicts, Serbs with a day job that enjoyed plinking Bosnians on their time off, ’cause it was just such fun.
Pilotshark July 18th, 2014 at 13:36
dam if he couldn’t be a brother of Assad?
Pilotshark July 18th, 2014 at 13:36
dam if he couldn’t be a brother of Assad?
Bunya July 18th, 2014 at 14:05
I’m no fan of the Vladster, but we shouldn’t be too quick to rush to criticize. It wasn’t too long ago when Ronald “Bonzo Goes to College” trashed the Russian Government for shooting down a Korean Airliner, calling the Soviet action “monstrous,” “murderous,” and “born of a society which wantonly disregards individual rights and the value of human life.” And then……..whoops!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
Bunya July 18th, 2014 at 14:05
I’m no fan of the Vladster, but we shouldn’t be too quick to rush to criticize. It wasn’t too long ago when Ronald “Bonzo Goes to College” trashed the Russian Government for shooting down a Korean Airliner, calling the Soviet action “monstrous,” “murderous,” and “born of a society which wantonly disregards individual rights and the value of human life.” And then……..whoops!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655