Former World Chess Champion and political activist who is on the board of directors of the Human Rights Foundation, Garry Kasparov, has some harsh words for the New York Times for publishing an op-ed article by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
I hope Putin has taken adequate protections. Now that he is a Russian journalist his life may be in grave danger!
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
In just the past few years Putin has discovered both international law and God. That is, he has discovered both can serve his purposes.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
Putin's troops still occupy annexed Georgian territory after he invaded in 2008. My memory may be bad; was there a Security Council vote?
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
While Putin was writing for the NY Times with one hand, the other signed more orders for weapons for al-Assad to murder more of his people.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
Now we can expect NY Times op-eds by Mugabe on fair elections, Castro on free speech, & Kim Jong-un on prison reform. The Axis of Hypocrisy.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
A pity we will have to rely on the NY Times archives to find op-eds by Qaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and Hugo Chavez on human rights.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
As I asked the other day, if Putin believes the rebels used the WMD, how can he make a deal to get them after helping murder them for years?
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
.@reder01 @Tortured_Verse The admirable 1st Amendment has nothing to do with The New York Times choosing to publish Putin.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
Now we can expect NY Times op-eds by Mugabe on fair elections, Castro on free speech, & Kim Jong-un on prison reform. The Axis of Hypocrisy.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
If Putin really wants to help retrieve al-Assad's weapons he can provide the mailing list he used to send them to Syria in the first place.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
Putin's history of the UN is novel. It was created after WWII partly to prevent genocide. Not to prevent others from preventing genocide.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
Despite this, Putin's message will be embraced by anti-interventionist appeasers. "Let the dictators do as they like, it's not our problem."
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
Dictators always say a lot of beautiful things about peace and the law. Right before the tanks roll into Poland. Or even after.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
Just hours after crushing Poland, Hitler gave a speech in the Reichstag using words "peace" or "peaceful" 26 times, including final word.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
With the outsourcing in the American job market, Obama has outsourced US foreign policy to Putin. Keep him away from Supreme Court though!
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
When al-Assad falls, Putin will lose his military base as well as a top arms customer. Life & law mean nothing to him, he has proven it.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
Must sleep, early flight. In morning I expect to see a Putin cooking column in Le Monde & Putin football column in El Pais. #putinwrites
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
The NY Times gets the most scorn. They could change the name but "Pravda" is taken. (That means "truth," so you see where Putin learned.)
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) September 12, 2013
All we can say at this point is “checkmate!”
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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