L410Turbolet From Czech Republic, joined May 2004, 5394 posts, RR: 19 Posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1672 times:
What more can Dubya dream of, other then as a wannabe "leader of the free world" being endorsed by an ex-KGB agent president with dictatorial tendencies???
I bet Vladimir could share with George an idea or two how to deal with those pesky dissenting media.
Dl021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 1, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1666 times:
The needs of Russia are taken differently by some people depending on whether they are acting for or against the US. WHen Russia was against our invasion the Euros thought he was ok....now that he seems to bewith us, they call him a dictator.
The reasons he has given for acting as he has, with the approval of the Duma, is the terrorist activities his country is enduring.
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29352 posts, RR: 62 Reply 2, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1659 times:
Putin knows that Kerry would not support his positions and russia's operations in Chechnya.
Putin and the russian people understand how terrorism stings, something that most of the countries against the war on terror apparently have forgoten, or don't want to learn.
OBAMA-WORST PRESIDENT EVER....Even SKOORB would be better.
L410Turbolet From Czech Republic, joined May 2004, 5394 posts, RR: 19 Reply 3, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1649 times:
Putin knows that Kerry would not support his positions and russia's operations in Chechnya.
I think you got that one right! By "operations" I believe you mean a decade long total war and genocide against Chechens as an etnic and their separatism, which spiraled into horrors of school/hospital/theater sieges.
Jasepl From India, joined Jul 2004, 3582 posts, RR: 44 Reply 4, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1649 times:
The reasons he has given for acting as he has, with the approval of the Duma, is the terrorist activities his country is enduring.
But that's hardly the whole story. It's a thinly-veiled attempt to gain a free hand at dealing with the Chechens. Watch Putin claim that if Bush can do it, why can't I? And watch Bush appeal for "restraint" in response.
Also, watch the friends of Bush here on ANet simply refuse to say how Putin's interfering in an "internal" matter.
Dl021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 5, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1643 times:
The Chechen extremists are the ones commiting mass murder in schools and theaters. What do you suggest he does with an implacable enemy that is willing to commit these horrific acts?
Jasepl From India, joined Jul 2004, 3582 posts, RR: 44 Reply 6, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1637 times:
I'm not suggesting Putin do anything. It's his country and he's their President and he can do what he wants within Russia's borders, for all I care. I'm merely commenting on the reason Putin's calling for people to support Bush. And that reason isn't necessarily true love.
Arniepie From Belgium, joined Aug 2005, 1265 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1623 times:
Purely politically speaking this is one dumb-ass remark (If he actually said it) because as a foreign high profile politician you are not supposed to endorse one candidate over another in a democratic election.
Here in belgium we had our "genius" minister of defence who publically said that he (and in his opinion the whole of Belgium) endorsed J. Kerry for president of the US.
He got burned for saying it.
L410Turbolet From Czech Republic, joined May 2004, 5394 posts, RR: 19 Reply 9, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1604 times:
What do you suggest he does with an implacable enemy that is willing to commit these horrific acts?
After all those sieges Chechens inevitably lost their cause for independence (just like the Palestinians did). Letting the Islamic extremists in was a grave miscalculation. If you'd look at the past ten years of the conflict, then you'd see that reducing Grozny to Berlin-May1945-kind of rubble did not help fight the separatism and sure as hell won't help fighting the terrorists. Letting them go 7-10 years ago would mean that Chechnya would be most likely a country with strong influence of Islam and Sharia law (Saudi Arabia is a big friend of the US after all, isn't it?) and not a hotbed of terrorism and training ground for terrorists form all over Middle East.
I mean if Bush wouldn't be full of "freedom and democracy" BS then this partnership would be perfectly rational - Bush will turn blind eye to whatever will Putin do in the name of "fighting terrorism" in Chechnya and Putin will shut up about Iraq. But since excuse-of-the-week for Iraq is "freedom and democracy", being supported by typos like Putin is just hollarious.
I can only imagine all those Boeing7E7s, Commander_Rabbs, L-188s, BushCheney04s and other die-hard pro-Bush guys on a.net going ballistic if Lukashenko or Mugabe would say something similar about Kerry.
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29352 posts, RR: 62 Reply 10, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1592 times:
I would say it says something about Kerry if those are the type of people who support him.
OBAMA-WORST PRESIDENT EVER....Even SKOORB would be better.
L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29352 posts, RR: 62 Reply 12, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1577 times:
Letting them go 7-10 years ago would mean that Chechnya would be most likely a country with strong influence of Islam and Sharia law (Saudi Arabia is a big friend of the US after all, isn't it?) and not a hotbed of terrorism and training ground for terrorists form all over Middle East
Doubt it....more like a milder version of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
OBAMA-WORST PRESIDENT EVER....Even SKOORB would be better.
L410Turbolet From Czech Republic, joined May 2004, 5394 posts, RR: 19 Reply 13, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1573 times:
I would say it says something about Kerry if those are the type of people who support him.
Which they do not. Bush on the other hand is, and wouldn't you admit it says something about Bush? No way, you will try to find some sort of lame excuse instead, am I right?
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15751 posts, RR: 48 Reply 14, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1495 times:
"And getting an endoresment from a dictator. How deliciously ironic!"
Kerry got a couple of endorsements from the likes of Mahatir Mohammed and some other unsavory characters...
SESGDL From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3385 posts, RR: 11 Reply 16, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1439 times:
Well I'll say what all the Republicans say when someone from another country voices their opinion on American politics, thank God he's not voting and he's not an American so who cares what he thinks. Honestly, who's gonna vote for Bush just because Putin asked them to? Sure as hell not me. This is coming from a President who suddenly went from a democracy to a Dictatorshiplikeship just because of a terrorist regime's attack on a school. Give me a break.
L410Turbolet From Czech Republic, joined May 2004, 5394 posts, RR: 19 Reply 17, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1417 times:
Including Osama, he wants that "more sensitive" war.
I'm sure Osama wants Bush in the office for 4 more years! Bush's policies are making enemies of the US even faster then he's losing friends and allies and thanks to anarchy in Iraq made by Bush's mismanagement no one really cares about bin Laden. He even got crowds of new Iraqi jihadists as a bonus.
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19725 posts, RR: 56 Reply 18, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1410 times:
The reasons he has given for acting as he has, with the approval of the Duma, is the terrorist activities his country is enduring.
Terrorist attacks or not, approval of the Duma or not, he has taken a big step towards having the country solely in his control. The Bush administration itself said that it was concerned with what was going on with regard to the shakeup of the Russian political system.
So don't go saying that Putin is just making the country safer from terrorists. It's much more serious than that. If Bush were to decide that he should appoint the governors of each state and the mayors of each city so that he could have who he felt was best against terrorism in those offices, would you be so accepting? I doubt it.
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EA CO AS From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 12564 posts, RR: 64 Reply 19, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1410 times:
I'm sure Osama wants Bush in the office for 4 more years!
Respectfully, I disagree. While Bush may not be winning many friends overseas, I firmly believe that anyone considering the U.S. an enemy is hopeful that Kerry wins on November 2nd.
That alone should be reason enough for any "undecided voter" to cast their ballot for President Bush.
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem - government IS the problem." - Ronald Reagan
LH423 From Canada, joined Jul 1999, 6501 posts, RR: 55 Reply 20, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1377 times:
Where does Putin get off trying to interfere with out of our politics?! Foreigners just need to stay out of our politics. Who gives a shit what a silly communist has to say about our elections? Fuck the world!
Signed,
The GOP
« On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Qantas077 From China, joined Jan 2004, 5746 posts, RR: 49 Reply 21, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1353 times:
LH423
i gota feeling your being sarcastic?!?! but if your not, then who the fuck is george bush and richard armitage to tell Australians that we should vote for John Howard in our recent elections!
a true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes, while everyone else believes the smile on your face.
Commander_Rabb From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 771 posts, RR: 10 Reply 22, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1339 times:
Ha! I guess he too is siding with the WINNER!
The word is out!
As was said..."anyone considering the U.S. an enemy is hopeful that Kerry wins on November 2nd."
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1275 times:
Kissing ass so he can get carte-blanche to nuke the Chechens, BIG surprise. Not. The man's a fascist, so is Bush - as they say in Afrikaans "soort soek soort".
GKirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 58 Reply 24, posted (8 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1268 times:
JGPH1A, your just jealous
IMO Bush is a better leader than Kerry would be so, vote Bush
Plus, nobody can ever have enough of those Bushisms
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
25 Krushny: It is not a coincidence that at the same time JM Aznar (ex Spanish PM) was in Moscow and interviewed Putin himself; has he got a new job making campa
26 Schoenorama: Dl021: How come that you in another thread were SO critical of British involvement in your upcoming elections (http://www.airliners.net/discussions/no
27 NonRevKing: Respectfully, I disagree. While Bush may not be winning many friends overseas, I firmly believe that anyone considering the U.S. an enemy is hopeful t
28 Fritzi: Ha! I guess he too is siding with the WINNER! The word is out! How unusual to hear something like that from you... Is it the pentagons mission to jump
29 SESGDL: "Ha! I guess he too is siding with the WINNER! The word is out! As was said..."anyone considering the U.S. an enemy is hopeful that Kerry wins on Nove
30 Commander_rabb: So do you enjoy that your "great leader" is hated all over the world? Answer? No, I don't. I don't care. I basically don’t care for what you or othe
31 777236ER: No, I don't. I don't care. I basically don’t care for what you or others think there Fritzo, You clearly do. You repeat this over and over and over
32 Commander_rabb: Repeating it only to get it through some thick heads. I'll put you first in line tripple7. World opinion is important but in the final analysis it fal
33 Fritzi: I basically don’t care for what you or others think there Fritzo If you enjoy being hated then you are one poor sod. PS: Dont call me Fritzo, you ar
34 Scotty: Didnt Putin recently remove the democratic mechanism for election of regional governors and will now appoint them by dictat from the Kremlin? And didn
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