Commie backtracks under pressure

he phrased it about as badly as trump might...of course, trump has equated all of Russia's bad actions and all of Putin's assassinations of political opponents and journalists with the actions of this country, but right wingers did not seem upset by that...

Speaking of downgrading and insulting our country for real- check out Traitor Trump-

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump appeared to equate US actions with the authoritarian regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview released Saturday, saying, "There are a lot of killers. You think our country's so innocent?"

Trump made the remark during an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, saying he respected his Russian counterpart.
"But he's a killer," O'Reilly said to Trump.

"There are a lot of killers. You think our country's so innocent?" Trump replied.

A clip of the exchange was released Saturday and the full interview aired Sunday before the Super Bowl.

It was an unusual assertion coming from the President of the United States. Trump himself, however, has made similar points before.

"He's running his country and at least he's a leader, unlike what we have running this country," he told MSNBC's Morning Joe in 2015.

He continued, "I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe, so you know. There's a lot of stupidity going on in the world right now, a lot of killing, a lot of stupidity," Trump said.

Trump again blames Obama for Russian annexation of Crimea, says ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../trump-again-blames-obama-for-russian-annexation-...
Jun 15, 2018 - President Trump again blamed former president Barack Obama for the Russian ... didn't respect our country and didn't respect Ukraine,” Trump said. ... The U.S. ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, is attempting to set up ...

Trump found a way to blame Obama for Putin invading Crimea ...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/trump-blame-obama-crimea/index.html
Jun 15, 2018 - "He allowed Russia to take Crimea," Trump said Friday of his ... It was the second time in a week he has blamed Obama for Putin annexing Crimea. ... The world's largest industrialized democracies, including the US, kicked Russia out of their ... Obama, didn't respect our country and didn't respect Ukraine.

Trump-Putin meeting: Russia tweets “we agree” after Trump blames ...
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/16/17575334/trump-putin-russia-meeting-tweet
Jul 16, 2018 - Trump blamed the US for its bad ties to Russia. ... to begin on Monday, Trump tweeted that “Our relationship with Russia has ... In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea, a southern Ukrainian peninsula, and invaded Eastern Ukraine.

Putin didn't have to push the Kremlin's narrative. Trump did it for him.
https://www.brookings.edu/.../putin-didnt-have-to-push-the-kremlins-narrative-trump-...
Jul 20, 2018 - Russian President Vladimir Putin listens as U.S. President Donald ... for him on key issues, including Ukraine, Crimea, Syria and election interference. ... Trump did not dispute the Kremlin line that Ukraine was to blame for the ...

but to deny we have been the most important force for good in the world from the advent of WW2, until at least our immoral war in Vietnam, is bullshit. since then, not so much. especially under bush with the invasion of iraq and authorized torture, and now under trump. and even though we did not come close to living up to the incredibly democratic and liberal thoughts and ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution, as evidenced by our slaughter of the native americans and the acceptance of slavery long after most civilized countries had outlawed it and no recognition at all of the rights of women, those words set a new course for the world where the divine right of kings was tossed into the trash bin of history and equality of all people was at least the goal for the world.