'1984' at Seventy: Why We Still Read Orwell

Re:'1984' at Seventy: Why We Still Read Orwell by maxxxxx on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @08:42PM (#20160803)

When he had the summit with Putin he definitely was weirdly nice to him. I don't think he is controlled by Russians but I am sure Republicans would have thrown a complete fit if Obama had publicly stated that he trusts Putin over the CIA like Trump did during the press conference.

Again, the point is that partisans willingly accept the same behavior from "their" guy that they would condemn from the "other" guy and they don't even notice how inconsistent this is.

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Re:'1984' at Seventy: Why We Still Read Orwell by topmonk on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @01:33AM (#20162021)

He's always nice when he's dealing with a foreign power. The leader of China, Japan, North Korea... He's always been very respectful and polite to their face, but that doesn't mean he hasn't implemented tough policies against them.

As regards to trusting Putin over the CIA, what was he supposed to do? Call Putin a liar to his face? Not only is that unwise, it goes against his style of negotiation as I mentioned previously.

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Re:'1984' at Seventy: Why We Still Read Orwell by simonh on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @04:42AM (#20162825)

Calling Putin a liar to his face was not the only possible alternative to calling the CIA liars.

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