Enough About Kirk, We Cannot Forget Who the Real Villains Are
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart With the beginning of a new century in 2000 came new villains. There are millions of men hoping that someday they will find a way to gain greater power and even more outrageous wealth. Few have the opportunity, so they serve those who do. We refer to them as oligarchs, and politicians. America’s greatest enemy has been Vladimir Putin. In the 1980s he was a powerful member of the KGB. But that was just the beginning. [Vladimir Putin first came to power in Russia on December 31, 1999, when he was appointed acting president following the surprise resignation of Boris Yeltsin. He was then formally elected President in March 2000.] Russia’s elections are a farce, and anyone who opposes Putin is murdered. Three years ago Putin invaded the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Although thousands of his military have lost their lives, the violence continues today. The President/Dictator of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, came into power in 2003. He began his reign of terror by dec...