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Russia 'Expert'
Michael McFaul Don't Need No Russian Language Skills
Former US Ambassador
to Moscow, neocon errand boy, would-be color revolution regime changer, and
self-proclaimed Russia specialist Michael McFaul doesn't feel the need to
maintain his already highly questionable Russian
He is typical of his type in America.
All those private institutes - dozens of them, directly
subsidized by billionaires who can claim tax exemptions for donating, or in
some cases, secretly subsidized by CIA - are little more than propaganda mills
churning out "papers" and "reports" with little or no
academic value.
The American "institutes" also serve as sinecures
for political has-beens like the former ambassador.
They can sit ensconced in leather chairs looking out the
window and be called "fellows" or "senior fellows" as
though they were special professors at an important university. It's kind of
like kids playing house, old politicians playing professor and getting a title.
None of these institutes has serious academic credibility
because they are, by their very nature, one-sided and serving to promote a
view.
The pictures you have here of the ex-ambassador so fit the
image - I have been inside such places - of the average habitué,
privileged-looking and carrying himself with a very identifiable, distinctive
attitude.
