Posted on 09/28/2015 3:38:05 PM PDT by traumer
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin's relationship has always been, shall we say, fraught, but on Monday they shared a toast at the United Nations that looks to have been, even by their high standards, pretty weird.
There's so much to take in here. The nuclear powers side-eye. Putin's almost triumphalist smirk; Obama's undisguised loathing (there's an unmistakable "let's get this over with" look on his face) of the man with whom he's touching glasses. The discrepancy in size between the two men — look at how much farther Obama's arm reached than Putin's — adds another layer to it all. But their eyes sure are locked.
I thought Mashable's global news editor, Louise Roug, put it best when she wrote, "They clearly see side-eye to side-eye on things."
This was a scripted event, but there was still plenty of reason for awkwardness. President Obama's speech to the United Nations General Assembly that morning opened with an extended subtweet of Russian President Vladimir Putin, lamenting for example that "some major powers assert themselves in ways that contravene international law" (gee, I wonder which major powers). From there, Obama transitioned from implicit criticism of Putin to explicit, going point by point on Russia's misdeeds in Ukraine.
Putin returned the favor, giving a lengthy UN address of his own on Monday — his first since 2005 — blaming the United States for the wars in Libya, Syria, and Ukraine.
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Putin owns Obama.
In more ways than one.
KGB Colonel vs community organizer, who will win that one?
In some ways, I wonder if Obama is not a Communist agent, and reports to Putin.
That whole thing about “having more flexibility after this election” has always bothered the heck outta me.
Looks like Obola’s looking at rattlesnake.
Mo' Drama Obama!
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of the two criminals? I think islam with America’s might is the winner.
I would sooner trust Putin. His agenda for America would leave a future.
Christian backer vs muslim with America’s power.
The entire world knows it.
sorry i dont know how to :(
I did some googling for Obama Putin pictures, was looking for one I saw on the news this morning, Not sure I really found that particular one but got one close.
but I ran across this article with a great one. I don’t care about the article, didn’t read it but the picture at top is great.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/better-feared-loved/
Didn’t want to save it then upload it to Flickr so I just linked the article.
The one I wanted was something like the top one in this next article, I don’t think it was the same one and I didn’t see one that looked like it. Putin looks bored, Obama looks nervous...in the one on the news, Putin looked bored, Obama looked scared. This is as close as I found. Top picture in this article.
Everyone should google for Obama Putin pictures, you get some cool shots, and some interesting photoshop jobs too.
No way that gun will break in that fashion. Dramatic, but not realistic.
My wife hates watching movies with me.
Now we're typified by faggots and cowards. How the mighty have fallen.
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