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Joseph Catron said: On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Ken Hiebert via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: According to the BuzzFeed article "A Russian bank gave France’s Front > National — whose leader, Marine le Pen, is an open admirer of Putin’s — an > $11.7 million loan last year." Does Roger believe this is true? False? > If he believes it is true, how does he think we should react? What's the claim to which we should react? Of course the NF, by all accounts, received a loan from the First Czech Russian Bank. What's the significance, other than the business decisions, and possible political sympathies, of a small, privately-held enterprise? I'm aware that many confused leftists can discern the ghastly hand of Putin at work in pretty much any events in, near, or at times far from Russia. I treat such people like any other conspiracy theorists: harmless crackpots who are best ignored. Ken Hiebert replies: Thank you for a clear and unambiguous answer. While the bank, in addition to business considerations, may have had a political motive in making the loan, it was a decision made by a small, privately-held enterprise and did not involve Putin. You could be right. In any case, with the passage of time, we will learn the truth. I won't be surprised if we learn that Putin was, in fact involved. But we can wait to find out. Looking at it as a business decision, I wonder how often a bank in one country lends money to a political party in another country? What kind of collateral would they demand? How would they estimate the future earnings of a political party? _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
