Left Man, Right Man

Lies and Bombings

The man on the left tried to start military intervention and aerial bombing in Syria by lying about the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons. The man on the right exposed the lie, revealed evidence that Syrian rebels had used chemical weapons, and prevented military intervention based on a lie.

Lies and Invasions

The man on the left succeeded in invading and decimating a country, Iraq, based on the lie that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Iraq is far removed from the United States. The man on the left has an IQ of 59 and struggles to play 'Pin the Tail on the Donkey'. The man on the right has only ever invaded northern Georgia in defence of the Abkhazia Republic which was attacked by Georgian forces. Abkhazia is directly within Russia's sphere of influence. The man on the right has an IQ of 132 and plays chess.

Democracy and Constitutionalism

The man on the left overthrew the democratically elected government of Egypt, crushed the Arab spring, and restored the nation to harsh and corrupt rule by a military oligarchy. The man on the right has undergone three successions of power to positions as President or Prime Minister in accordance with the nation's democratic constitution.

Democracy and Self Determination

The man on the left used a CIA colour revolution, and snipers murdering policemen, to overthrow the democratically elected government in the Ukraine before the next election was due, and replaced the government with a far right coalition of billionaires. The man on the left achieved self determination for Crimea by holding a referendum in which there was 83.1 percent voter turnout and 96.77 percent voted in favour of integration of the autonomous republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation (exactly as had happened with Kosovo with the full support of the West).

Freedom of Religion

The man on the left is afraid of religion and leads a regime that openly persecutes religious groups, especially Christians and Buddhists. The man on the right supports religious tolerance and has overseen the rebuilding of Cathedrals destroyed by communists and a revival of Orthodox Christianity.

Lobby Groups

The man on the left has shown weakness in the face of the world's strongest lobby group, the homosexual lobby, and is seeking changes to practices that will expose people including children to erroneous and dangerous ideas about sexuality and family. The man on the right has enacted an anti-propaganda law that forbids the dissemination of deviant information to minors.

Terrorism

The man on the left supplies arms and training to Syrian terrorists, which terrorists have formed ISIS, and which terrorists continue to defect to ISIS on a regular basis. The man on the right supports the Syrian regime, which is the only nation state undertaking direct military action on the ground against ISIS.

Religious Values

The (wo)man on the left gives support and publicity to feminist rock groups like Pussy Riot and Femen that openly commit blasphemy (including desecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior which was rebuilt after destruction by the communists, and the chain sawing of a crucifix) and which use openly satanic imagery in performances. The man on the right enforces laws against hooliganism and achieved a conviction against Pussy Riot for hooliganism promoted by religious hatred.

Federation and Liberty

The man on the left oversees the EU which has become an uncontrollable apparatus which suffocates the liberties of its member nations, and drowns its citizens in red tape and political correctness. The man on the right supports a genuine federation which respects the liberties and rights of its members, and has acted to deconstruct unnecessary bureaucracy and inefficiencies.

Popularity

The man on the left has a personal approval rating of only 29%, and among his own parliamentary colleagues recently survived a spill motion (in which there was no declared alternative leadership contender) by 61 to 39. The man on the right has a personal approval rating of 87%.

Oil and Oligarchy

The man on the left has used the oil wealth of his nation to sustain a corrupt and medieval oligarchy, and to funnel wealth into the hands of a small group of (mostly related) families. The man on the right has broken the post-communism oil oligarchs, even jailing some of them,  and has directed the wealth from oil and natural gas towards the country as a whole.

Economic Development

The man on the left has used unsustainable loans from the World Bank to impoverished nations to create a cycle of debt, and has then imposed austerity and so called 'conditionalities' that require these nations to repay interest before health and education expenditure. Nations in West Africa in particular, now subject to an Ebola outbreak, saw their health infrastructure degraded before the outbreak. The man on the right has been instrumental in creating the BRICS nations' development bank to make sustainable loans to third world nations to build infrastructure.

European Independence

The (wo)man on the left has acted as a puppet of United States interests and has failed to develop a genuine European foreign policy with the capacity to withstand the unfair and dangerous demands of the United States, a dictator supporting nation which is grasping to maintain a position as the world's last superpower. The man on the right has acted with national independence and desires a European solidarity that is independent from the United States and Wall Street bankers.

Health

The man on the left is an elitist prat who maintains health and longevity by transfusions of children's blood and by special treatment in a health system which leaves other people his age to die in hospital with 'no extraordinary measures'. The man on the right maintains health by exercise and eating vegetables.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of Russia, a political giant in a world of cheats and knaves.

Comments

[Paul]

You have added the bit "he was poisoned in 2006 at Putin's request". That has not been proved, and may or may not be true. Another suspect is Boris Berezovsky, an exiled Russian business oligarch who was driven out of Russia by Putin, and wanted to frame him. In the murky world of State intelligence agencies, traitors and double agents, corrupt oligarchs etc, who knows who killed who.

[PythonMagus]

ThygoCanberra is referring to Alexander Litvinenko, who was a former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and KGB, and who fled from court prosecution in Russia and received political asylum in the United Kingdom.

He was poisoned in 2006 at Putin's request.

[Paul]

You are referring to the murder of Georgi Ivanov Markov, a Bulgarian dissident in London. He was stabbed with an umbrella on 7 September 1978 which injected him with a pellet composed of 90% platinum and 10% iridium and which also contained toxic ricin. In 1978 Putin was only 26 years old and a very junior officer in the KGB. He did not become President of Russia until 2000.

[Thygocanberra]

impressive listing.

I now know why you refer to Sir Prince Philip of upper convictville as vampire.

I wonder if this means you will start eating vegetables?

Even at >50 it is not too late ... >:-0

Didn't the man on the right kill off one of his whistleblowers with a poison umbrella?

I am not sure that there is even one good man that Abraham can plead for ...