Comments on: Credit where credit is due http://russian-front.com/2009/09/01/credit-where-credit-is-due/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:37:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: THE RUSSIAN FRONT » Putin on Katyn http://russian-front.com/2009/09/01/credit-where-credit-is-due/comment-page-1/#comment-767 THE RUSSIAN FRONT » Putin on Katyn Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:44:15 +0000 http://russian-front.com/2009/09/01/credit-where-credit-is-due/#comment-767 [...] wartime record, that it quite striking. It is part of a pattern, though: it was likewise Putin who took the high road on the origins of the Second World War. Today as then, the irony is striking. It’s Putin, the [...] [...] wartime record, that it quite striking. It is part of a pattern, though: it was likewise Putin who took the high road on the origins of the Second World War. Today as then, the irony is striking. It’s Putin, the [...]

]]> By: Oleg http://russian-front.com/2009/09/01/credit-where-credit-is-due/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Oleg Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://russian-front.com/2009/09/01/credit-where-credit-is-due/#comment-357 Asehpe, there are some other colors besides white and black in history... in Russia we say "If you live among wolves you have to howl like a wolf." True responsibility for what? can you please finish the statement? Asehpe, there are some other colors besides white and black in history… in Russia we say “If you live among wolves you have to howl like a wolf.”

True responsibility for what? can you please finish the statement?

]]> By: Asehpe http://russian-front.com/2009/09/01/credit-where-credit-is-due/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Asehpe Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:50:20 +0000 http://russian-front.com/2009/09/01/credit-where-credit-is-due/#comment-343 I'm not so sure Putin's article can be taken at face value -- rather, it looked to me like one instance of using true statements to back off from true responsibility or true acknowledgment of the good and bad sides of history. In other words, it looks as though he was claiming "we were not worse than anybody else, and maybe we were a little better" -- a claim I would not think can really be supported. I’m not so sure Putin’s article can be taken at face value — rather, it looked to me like one instance of using true statements to back off from true responsibility or true acknowledgment of the good and bad sides of history. In other words, it looks as though he was claiming “we were not worse than anybody else, and maybe we were a little better” — a claim I would not think can really be supported.

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