Pitin & Dresden

[alice malice]

You are correct. I agree, mere speculation, no analysis.

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Thomas Eckhardt
<thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> I am sorry, but this is once more a typical example of utter BS journalism.
> The author's take on Putin's reaction to the historical events in Dresden is
> pure speculation. "May very well have have helped to shape Putin's
> operational code." "May very well have" indeed. The article is full of this
> kind of stuff ("chances are high", "may have seen" etc.).
>
> And then the zinger:
>
> "This analysis does not bode well for the future of the Ukraine crisis."
>
> Analysis? An "analysis" based on Putin's probable presence in Dresden at the
> time and the thoughts he may have had as imagined by the author? And this
> "analysis" based upon speculation then serves as an indicator for Russian
> policy on Ukraine? A-and they call this journalism? If it wasn't so sad...
>
> The "Guardian" used to be a good newpaper.
>
> You can read better than that.
>
> Thomas
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> Alice wrote:
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>> http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/01/putin-power-east-germany-russia-kgb-dresden
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