Diagnostic du vieux Gorby : la maladie américaniste pire que le SIDA

Gorbatchev s’affirme toujours l’ami de la démocratie et des bons sentiments. Mais lorsqu’il en vient à des jugements plus concrets, il faut avouer que les soi-disant “démocrates” en prennent pour leur grade (qui est très haut) ; tandis que celui qui est soupçonné de ne pas l’être vraiment (Poutine) est jugé avec une compréhension et une indulgence qui en disent long (ce qui fait beaucoup). C’est un conflit bien compréhensible, aujourd’hui où la démocratie et les bons sentiments sombrent dans un chaos indescriptible, entre le conformisme de fer américaniste instauré comme un chape de plomb sur la pensée politique du monde et, d’autre part, le simple bon sens.

Cela donne ceci, du vieux Gorby, lors de quelques mots en réponse à une interview du 12 juillet d’ABC.News :

Sur les Américains, ces promoteurs universels de la démocratie : « “We have made some mistakes,” he said, referring to recent attacks on Russia's democracy. “So what? Please don't put even more obstacles in our way. Do you really think you are smarter than we are?” The former general secretary of the Soviet Union Communist Party accused Americans of arrogance and trying to impose their way of life on other nations. “Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex,” he said. “You want an American style-democracy here. That will not work.” »

Sur les dirigeants américanistes: « “[Bush is] very determined,” Gorbachev said. “You can't say he does not have character.” The former Soviet leader had severe criticism for two of the most important people in the Bush administration: Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. “They are just hawks protecting the interests of the military — shallow people,” he said. »

Sur Poutine: «  “I told [Putin] I did not understand why he had canceled state elections. There is no glasnost,” [Gorbatchev] said, referring to the Soviet push toward a more open society in the 1980s. “No elections here like there used to be in '89 and '90.” “Vladimir Putin is walking on a razor's edge,” he said. “Putin has used and he will continue to use authoritarian measures, but Russia will form a democracy. I know Vladimir Putin. He is a moral person.” Gorbachev said he was ultimately a Putin supporter and was impressed by the president's need to create stability out of chaos. »

Mis en ligne le 13 juillet 2006 à 10H18