Posted on 07/15/2006 8:42:42 AM PDT by oxcart
"I think the love affair is over."
Cold war round two is starting.
Putin is a snake in the grass.
Which love affair, the one between the people who write these headlines and spin these stories and the truth?
Oh, the one that began in the F350 on the ranch in Texas. We acted in good faith.
that's not quite the term I was looking for, but it fits.
If memory serves, Bush 41 initiated the push for WTO entry for China. It seems that the Bushes never learn that these backstabbers are going to stab them in THEIR backs and they keep enabling their efforts.
Neither Russia NOR China have any place in the WTO, but Russua, like China, will get in. This, in turn, will be another blow to US manufacturing as more work is outsourced to Russain gulags.
Bush has tried hard for five years. Putin has decided he'd rather revive the Soviet Union.
It's really, really stupid of him. Russia needs to fix itself, not reconquer its neighbors. In the days when Russia fought off the Turks and the Tartars and expanded their empire, they had a rising population and a lot of energy. Now, they are aborting themselves into extinction, and soon will barely have enough people to populate Russia, let alone rule their neighbors.
WHOOPS!!!! I mis-read the article. Never mind . . . . DISREGARD . . . . . . DO OVER!!!!
Maybe it is where the actual beef is :)
There was no "lover affair". We needed somethings from them then. Aid in getting us into the 'stands, Intellegence etc. Of course Bush kissed Putin's butt then. Now they want stuff from us and we can take a harder line. I am amazed how few Americans understand how diplomacy works. Look we don't like them, they don't like us. That fine. But we can still work together. None of us like the Muzzies
I never trusted that sneaky little ex-KGB agent Putin from the start. His facial expressions never have seemed genuine. He is a conniving commie through and through.
Siding with Iran and North Korea is proof positive enough.
"Cold war round two is starting."
It has never ended. KGB still runs rampant in Moscow under the guise of a different name. This is the commie way. They make you think they are finished but in reality they are constantly regrouping and plotting.
"We acted in good faith."
Speak for yourself. Dubya may have been incomptetant enough to misjudge Putin (peered into the depths of his soul?!) but most on FR saw him as he was then and is now - a wannabe tyrant. Cheers for Bush for denying Russia into the WTO though having the US exit said organization would be even better.
Yow, a Reykjavik moment if there ever was to be a repeat. There is too much unfinished business and too much Russian opposition in the Security Council to give them the gold ring. Good on GWB for keeping the carrot in his pocket. Oh my, how the libs will howl!!!
Did it start? US backed out of the ABM treaty way back in 2001 and Russia continues to support Iran's nuke prgram.
LOL
OK, exclude yourself, Einstein. Let me rephrase:
The president acted in good faith.
AMEN, sorry I left off the /s.
"Dubya may have been incomptetant enough to misjudge Putin (peered into the depths of his soul?!)"
Like Reagan said, "Trust but verify" GWB trusted but obviously could not verify. Guess Old Pute brushed aside all the Texas hospitality shown him down on the Circle W Ranch visit.
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