(Putin also believes the U.S. democratic system does not travel well and that is precisely why he was against the war in Iraq from the beginning.)
Putin, are you sure it wasn't because of those juicy oil deals with Saddam? The US democratic system does not travel well! That's a great reason to say no to the war! I'm sure Saddam's tyranny worked better because it was home grown!
Well it doesn't really.
That's a great reason to say no to the war!
Compared to no WMDs being a better reason for saying no?
She [the United States] well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force....Of course there's another reason but don't let anything Putin says concern you...and of course the fact that democracy can not be imported, it has to come from within.