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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Well, with this muzzie drinking it, bet it is not Mogen David or Manischewitz.....
Ironic that Putin and Russia might just be the ultimate saviors of Christian civilization. If it comes time to slice the raw meat, Putin won’t hesitate to take Islam out the hard way.
Putin: “Obama.. AKA my bitch.”
My guess would be a light summer red. Anyone know the way to hold the glass, i.e. stem or bowl?
Putin looks like he’s gauging the distance for a kill.
i agree. but if putin wants to kill alot of muslims, that’s fine with me.
we know he’s an atheist but he sticks up for Christianity.
Doesn’t let gays run the country.
He does assassinate reporters and political enemies, though.
You take the good with the bad :)
I actually think Trump and Putin would get along well.
According to my wife, I be a troglodyte, so I just hold it so it does not drop.
This whole “they don’t see eye to eye” spin by the media is a farce. Hussein is a traitor who is purposely stepping aside to allow the Russians to do as they please in the Middle East.
BHO is Putin’s beotch.
You say that like it may be a bad thing?
Got it. Couldn’t finish Good Fellas. It made me feel like taking 30 showers. I knew people like that. There is nothing “good” about them. They make me physically ill as they hurt not only their families but those near them too. Can’t watch any gangster movies. I did like the beating Beatty’s Mugsy gave that guy after Benning hit him in the head with the ashtray.
I liked how you used the reference though. I have a friend who thinsk Obama is tough. I keep sending picture of Obama acting like a pansy. Obama is a little b****
Thanks for the explanation.
And holds his hands like a queer.
Putin lives rent free in the dolt’s head.
What a putz. An inferior putz.
Yup.
I’d like to hear what a body language expert says.
Putin has that look of superiority and knowing that the other dog is about to crap himself.
What do the “Body Language” experts have to say?
lol. I wondered that to ... fraught with what?
Putin is also holding his glass correctly.
Not a big deal, but still speaks to Obama’s lack of sophistication.
Goodfellas. Joe Pesci and Robert DiNiro.
My pleasure.
Putin ( to UN through translator) concerning those who stoked bloody rebellions in the Middle East and the rise of the Islamic State:
” Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster- and nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life. ... I cannot help asking those who have forced that situation: Do you realize what you have done? “
Obama
Do you realize what you have done???
If it was ours, then it wouldn’t be so bad.
The ones he assassinates probably think like us :)
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