Anyone who knows anything about Soviet politics, understands the process of a public figure being officially rehabilitated by the state.
Essentially, when a public figure is officially condemned by the authorities, months, years or sometimes decades later he or she can be rehabilitated. It’s as if to say, ‘we were wrong, he was actually a patriot and a good guy after all’.
The title of the editorial said it all:
The Guardian view on George W Bush: a welcome return.
Many have expressed their shock and horror that the a ‘documentary’ on the White Helmets organisation has won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
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Former George W. Bush speechwrite, David Frum. (Photo: Policy Exchange/Flickr)
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By implicitly criticizing U.S. interventionism, President Trump’s inaugural speech drew denunciations from the Washington establishment as a dangerous deviation, but his message actually fit with U.S. traditions, says Ivan Eland. By Ivan Eland Although the media trashed Donald Trump’s inaugural…Read more →
