Putin Takes Bush's Side Against Democrats on Iraq - VGF

Link47 · 06-11-2004, 09:23 AM

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...dc_1&printer=1

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Putin Takes Bush's Side Against Democrats on Iraq

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.

Super Shy Guy · 06-11-2004, 01:01 PM

Does anybody care what Putin has to say?

***ZeldaGirl*** · 06-11-2004, 01:05 PM

^ Well, apparently some people do.

Flamethrower Mario · 06-13-2004, 03:13 AM

The obvious difference (as any world leader should know) is that Clinton bombed Iraq for throwing out the weapons inspectors. Bush declared war on them after the weapons inspectors didn't find anything.

UserGoogol · 06-13-2004, 03:53 AM

He's not comparing the Iraq War to Clinton's actions in Iraq. He's comparing the Iraq War to the Kosovo War, which I'm not too well informed on, although I'm pretty sure there are some signifigant differences.

Nick · 06-13-2004, 04:16 AM

Kosovo and the rest of the former Yugoslavia was multilateral, IE: UN and NATO. Iraq was the US, UK, the Aussies, and that's about it. Oh yeah, Spain, Italy, and Japan have like 100 troops.

Koga · 06-13-2004, 06:53 AM

Serbia was a threat to Kosovo at the time. The intevention is more comparable to the first Gulf War.

And Lurch, how could you forget the Dutch, we got a couple of hundred guys over there.

Flamethrower Mario · 06-13-2004, 02:05 PM

Oh jeez. I didn't even read the article, just the first couple of sentances. How embarrasing.

Even still, it's not a terribly accurate comparison. The Serbians were wiping out an entire ethnic group, Saddam only killed the people he didn't like. Yeah, it's a subtle distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.

Shane Sacobie · 06-13-2004, 04:21 PM

UN + NATO = US.

Ditto · 06-14-2004, 01:46 PM

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Does anybody care what Putin has to say?

If it had been against Bush, yes. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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Bush declared war on them after the weapons inspectors didn't find anything.

You mean weren't seriously permitted to look.

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Even still, it's not a terribly accurate comparison. The Serbians were wiping out an entire ethnic group, Saddam only killed the people he didn't like. Yeah, it's a subtle distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.

lol

[ June 14, 2004, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: Ditto, Sadly, Not a Boss In SSB:M ]

Super Shy Guy · 06-14-2004, 02:43 PM

No. See, Putin has proved himself to be a dull, uncharasmatic idiot before, and him comparing the war on Iraq to Kosovo is more icing on his cake of loserness.

06-11-2004, 01:01 PM	#2
Super Shy Guy Banned Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: the seven seas Posts: 8,969 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,731.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 9,231.00 Donate	Does anybody care what Putin has to say?

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Flamethrower Mario Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,975 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,799.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,299.00 Donate	The obvious difference (as any world leader should know) is that Clinton bombed Iraq for throwing out the weapons inspectors. Bush declared war on them after the weapons inspectors didn't find anything.

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UserGoogol Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Greater Boston Area Gender: Posts: 4,024 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 5,051.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,551.00 Donate	He's not comparing the Iraq War to Clinton's actions in Iraq. He's comparing the Iraq War to the Kosovo War, which I'm not too well informed on, although I'm pretty sure there are some signifigant differences.

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Nick Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 10,345.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 10,845.00 Donate	Kosovo and the rest of the former Yugoslavia was multilateral, IE: UN and NATO. Iraq was the US, UK, the Aussies, and that's about it. Oh yeah, Spain, Italy, and Japan have like 100 troops.

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Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,093 Thanks: 104 Thanked 176 Times in 118 Posts Points: 104,486.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 122,238.82 Donate	Serbia was a threat to Kosovo at the time. The intevention is more comparable to the first Gulf War. And Lurch, how could you forget the Dutch, we got a couple of hundred guys over there.

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Flamethrower Mario Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 1,975 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,799.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,299.00 Donate	Oh jeez. I didn't even read the article, just the first couple of sentances. How embarrasing. Even still, it's not a terribly accurate comparison. The Serbians were wiping out an entire ethnic group, Saddam only killed the people he didn't like. Yeah, it's a subtle distinction, but a distinction nonetheless.

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Shane Sacobie Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 11,016.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,516.00 Donate	UN + NATO = US.

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Super Shy Guy Banned Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: the seven seas Posts: 8,969 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,731.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 9,231.00 Donate	No. See, Putin has proved himself to be a dull, uncharasmatic idiot before, and him comparing the war on Iraq to Kosovo is more icing on his cake of loserness.