BREAKING NEWS – Moscow, Russia – In December 2011 during a lavish banquet at Moscow’s richest equestrian club, for members of the Valdai Club and distinguished academics and journalists from around the world, then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made an incredible statement. He said he could “destroy America in half an hour or less.” He went on to explain that “even though I can do it quickly, I admire the slow and torturous way the ACLU is trying to reach the exact same objective.”
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