Putin to Western elites: Play-time is over  Speech

Putin’s speech at the Valdai conference in Sochi, Oct. 24, 2014. This is probably the most important political speech since Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech of March 5, 1946.

Sample excerpt:

“Let’s ask ourselves, how comfortable are we with this, how safe are we, how happy living in this world, and how fair and rational has it become? Maybe, we have no real reasons to worry, argue and ask awkward questions? Maybe the United States’ exceptional position and the way they are carrying out their leadership really is a blessing for us all, and their meddling in events all around the world is bringing peace, prosperity, progress, growth and democracy, and we should maybe just relax and enjoy it all?  Let me say that this is not the case, absolutely not the case”.

“Instead of settling conflicts it leads to their escalation, instead of sovereign and stable states we see the growing spread of chaos, and instead of democracy there is support for a very dubious public ranging from open neo-fascists to Islamic radicals.”