Russia’s Putin Trusts Bush Completely

[3days]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he completely trusts his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush, even though their views don’t always coincide.

“Bush is a man who is decent and consistent,” the Russian Information Agency Novosti quoted Putin as saying. “Our opinions don’t always match, but I trust him as a partner. I know that if we agree on something together, the president does everything for his part of the agreement.”

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/12/23/trustbush.shtml

Well there you have it. And we know Putin is a decent and consistent man so chimp can't be all that bad.

[Spazito]

1. Putin trusts bush to screw up and continue his...

incredibly bad foreign policies which, in turn, help Putin and Russia.

[Delphinus]

2. Putin is stupider

than I thought. The fact he says * is decent makes me want to vomit. :puke:

[sled]

3. No doubt

Never forget, this guy was former head of the KGB, & could be playing Jr. like a drum, & Jr.'s a man easily played, for pretty obvious reasons...purr, rump, pumm, pumm, pumm, on his drum...

[truthisfreedom]

4. it's some type of ploy. just a few weeks ago, putin was badmouthing bush

saying the US was not a democracy.

[Spinzonner]

5. Birds of a Facist feather

Fuck up the world together

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Geez. Get a room, you two!

All of this gazing into each other's souls is getting tiring nauseating.

Fact is, I think Pootie-Poot is playing Dummy-Dumb like a fine Stradivarius.

[liberalmuse]

7. Poor Blair.

He should have stayed faithful to Clinton. It was only a matter of time before Bush dumped Poodle for Pootie.

[deminks]

8. Putin maybe still mad at W?

This back and forth with W being a good guy/bad guy has been going on since September. Putin was mad then 'cause he said U.S. had been meeting with Chechen rebels. Here is a link to one of the articles from that time:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/07/putin.us/index.html

I just wonder if there is something going on about this still, too.

[MGKrebs]

9. That's funny.

Putin likely trusts NOBODY.

[Minstrel Boy]

10. Russia's Stalin trusts Hitler completely

I'm taking the wayback machine to November 12, 1940, and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov's visit to Berlin:



And see how familiar this sounds:

An excerpt from the "Memorandum of the Conversation Between the Führer and the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars and People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Molotov, in the Presence of the Reich Foreign Minister, the Deputy People's Commissar, Dekanosov, as Well as of Counselor of Embassy Hilger and Herr Pavlov, Who Acted as Interpreters, on November 12, 1940."

STATE SECRET

Füh. 32/40 g. Rs.

After some words of welcome, the Führer stated that the idea that was uppermost in his mind in the conversations now taking place was this: In the life of peoples it was indeed difficult to lay down a course for development over a long period in the future and the outbreak of conflicts was often strongly influenced by personal factors; he believed, nevertheless, that an attempt had to be made to fix the development of nations, even for a long period of time, in so far as that was possible, so that friction would be avoided and the elements of conflict precluded as far as humanly possible. This was particularly in order when two nations such as the German and Russian nations had at their helm men who possessed sufficient authority to commit their countries to a development in a definite direction. In the case of Russia and Germany, moreover, two very great nations were involved which need not by nature have any conflict of interests, if each nation understood that the other required certain vital necessities without the guarantee of which its existence was impossible. Besides this, both countries had systems of government which did not wage war for the sake of war, but which needed peace more than war in order to carry out their domestic tasks. With due regard for vital needs, particularly in the economic field, it should really be possible to achieve a settlement between them, which would lead to peaceful collaboration between the two countries beyond the life span of the present leaders.

After Molotov had expressed his entire agreement with these arguments, the Führer continued that it was obviously a difficult task to chart developments between peoples and countries over a long period. He believed, however, that it would be possible to elaborate clearly and precisely certain general points of views quite independently of personal motives and to orient the political and economic interests of peoples in such a manner as to give some guarantee that conflicts would be avoided even for rather long periods. The situation in which the conversation of today was taking place was characterized by the fact that Germany was at war, while Soviet Russia was not. Many of the measures taken by Germany had been influenced by the fact of her belligerency. Many of the steps that were necessary in the course of the war had developed from the conduct of the war itself and could not have been anticipated at the outbreak of war. By and large, not only Germany but also Russia had gained great advantages. On further consideration, the political collaboration during the one year of its existence had been of considerable value to both countries.

Molotov stated that this was quite correct.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/nsr/nsr-06.html#16

[elehhhhna]

11. So does M Khadafi & OBL. And...?

[Solly Mack]

12. The axis of putui...the putz, the poodle, and the pooty-poot

[Sinistrous]

13. Damn! I like that.

May I steal it?

[Solly Mack]

15. Go for it :o)

All 3 leave a nasty feeling in one's mouth (hence: putui)

[AlCzervik]

14. Is that like a criminal honor code?

Hey Putin, you ain't Butch and he sure ain't Sundance.

[carolinayellowdog]

16. and so should we-- trust him to govern like Putin

destroying the independence of the media, involving us in eternal war for eternal peace, using ancient Christian/Muslim antagonisms to promote his own agenda, and striving to undermine democracy and establish autocracy.