Dr. Freeze,
Typical myopic Republican response that again attacks someone that has opposing views different than your beliefs. Putin has destroyed the democracy of the Soviet union and of course you have turned a blind eye toward his abuses of the minority populations of the former USSR. Going through most of your post in this Political forum shows that you have a very one sided point of view that discredits facts about issues sort of like George Bush. Please feel free to justify Putin's atrocities committed against the minorities in the Soviet Union are they all terrorist since many do not agree with his censorship of ALL television and newspapers thus they deserve to be persecuted? Russia still ranks in the top 10 for torture of their own citizens so please excuse me for comparing such a wonderful man as Putin with Arafat. In the future why dont you try to take the blinders off your eyes and feel free to dig in and get all the facts before you attack other s for their views.