Vladimir Putin on Democrats' Morality

[Evilmav2]

Putin Takes Bush's Side Against Democrats on Iraq

Thu Jun 10, 8:41 PM ET

SEA ISLAND, Ga (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) stepped into the U.S. political campaign on Thursday, saying the Democrats had "no moral right" to criticize President Bush (news - web sites) over Iraq (news - web sites).

The Kremlin leader, answering a reporter's question in Sea Island, Georgia, suggested that the Democrats were two-faced in criticizing Bush on Iraq since it had been the Clinton administration that authorized the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia by U.S. and NATO (news - web sites) forces.

The reporter had asked Putin to respond to U.S. press articles questioning Russia's place at the G8 feast of leading industrial countries.

Putin brushed these off, saying such articles were part of an internal U.S. political debate.

He went on: "I am deeply convinced that President Bush's political adversaries have no moral right to attack him over Iraq because they did exactly the same.

"It suffices to recall Yugoslavia. Now look at them. They don't like what President Bush is doing in Iraq."

Russia was adamantly opposed to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, as it has been to the U.S.-led military operation Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein (news - web sites).

At the same time, Putin forged a strong friendship with Bush by offering immediate support in the global fight against terrorism. Both men go out of their way now to avoid criticizing each other publicly.

[reeds]

Russian President- nuff said

[madape]

Both Yugoslavia and Iraq were just wars. Although the Democrats surely tend to dole their moral acceptance of military policy purely based on the political affiliation of those in power, they are still far more ethically superior than the corrupt, self-serving country that Putin leads. Only his country would sit back and universally deride TWO wars that removed genocidal, power-hungry regimes.

It's one thing to be lectured by Democrats on the morality of foreign policy. It's something else entirely to be lectured by Vladimir fucking Putin.

[dude1394]

Pretty typical response reeds. Instead of taking his thoughts and analyzing them and possibly refuting them for some reason or another, you bash the guy who says it as irrelevant and probably corrupt, unsophisticated, etc.

At first I wasn't going to post on this. But madape is right on. Having your morality so rightly questioned by the leader of the former godless soviet union is telling. The liberal democratic party has completely aligned itself with the leftists on the continent. But they will change the subject and dance and jig around it, but nothing will change for them. They have been wrong for so long that they just turn a deaf ear to truth.

[Mavdog]

This remark from Putin should be viewed in the context of whom it is coming from. It not only is a back handed slap at the US (both Bush and the demos), it is also a situation where the Bush campaign should be distancing themselves from any association with an anti-democratic former spook who uses his office to enrich himself and his cronies. Not only is blood on his hands from Chechnya, he is trying to foster rebellion in Georgia (an ally of ours).

Putin does not exhibit any positive traits that are shared by either the republican or democrat parties, thank goodness. He's a sleaseball.

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: Mavdog
This remark from Putin should be viewed in the context of whom it is coming from. It not only is a back handed slap at the US (both Bush and the demos), it is also a situation where the Bush campaign should be distancing themselves from any association with an anti-democratic former spook who uses his office to enrich himself and his cronies. Not only is blood on his hands from Chechnya, he is trying to foster rebellion in Georgia (an ally of ours).

Putin does not exhibit any positive traits that are shared by either the republican or democrat parties, thank goodness. He's a sleaseball.

Those remarks from Mavdog should be viewed in the context of whom it is coming from.

[mavsman]

Ok, I did. Now what?

[FullBurst41]

Jesus, first Berlusconi, now Putin? Shall we call Robert Mugabe next?

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: mavsman
Ok, I did. Now what?

That's up to you.

[dude1394]

Well it is unfortunate that it takes someone other than "western" democracies to understand what we are facing.