Albright Says Bush Goes Easy on Putin

[Dover]

Thursday, Mar. 4, 2004. Page 3

Albright Says Bush Goes Easy on Putin

By Steve Gutterman
The Associated Press Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright criticized the current American administration's Russia policy in an interview published Wednesday, saying Washington is turning a blind eye to what she called President Vladimir Putin's increasingly undemocratic behavior.

The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is going easy on the leaders of Russia and other former Soviet republics because it has made help in the war against terrorism and support for its actions in Iraq the key criteria in its relations with other countries, Albright told Vedomosti.

"In the case of Russia, it is a readiness to give President Putin almost complete freedom of action, closing its eyes to his increasingly undemocratic treatment of his opponents, the media, Chechnya," Albright was quoted as saying in the interview, which was conducted during a recent visit to Ukraine.

U.S. criticism of Russia's policy in Chechnya, where Putin has ruled out talks with rebels, has decreased since he expressed support for the war on terrorism following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"I am sure that there are terrorists among the Chechens," said Albright, who served under Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton. "But not all Chechens are terrorists, and I regret that not enough is being done to promote a political settlement of the Chechen problem." ...cont'd >

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2004/03/04/011.html

[Aidoneus]

1. Bush has yet to compare him to Ibrahim Lincoln for the same things

Which is already a leg-up on her former boss. :shrug:

[leesa]

2. Well, of course he does. Putin could fight back. Sheesh! Doesn't

she know the US only disciplines defenseless countries?

[TheLastMohican]

3. That bitch is up to something

I bet she has a wet dream of repeating Kosovo scenario and bomb Russia too. Too bad, Russia can whoop her sorry arse too.

Since she is such a chechen terrorist lover, maybe she should sit for a couple of months in a chechen slave pit. She would sing a very different tune.