Posted on 07/04/2009 5:39:04 AM PDT by decimon
THE last time Barack Obama was in Russia, he and Senator Dick Lugar were detained by border guards for several hours at an airport in the Urals, where they were looking at how American funds were helping to get rid of stocks of dangerous Soviet-era weapons. America’s president has every reason to hope things will go better this time, but that is not setting a very high hurdle for success. Of all the great power relationships Mr Obama inherited from George Bush, Russia is the most awkward—awkward not only because it has been getting ever harder to deal with but also because it cannot be ignored.
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Meh, Putin and compnay will give Barry the royal treatment by treating him like the panty-waist he truly is...
he is more of a may 1st kinda guy....
Yeah, well...it keeps him from having to go to those embarrassing events where he would be obligated to put his hand over his heart, wear a flag pin, sing the national anthem or say the pledge of allegiance.
This way he avoids all that. The scumbag.
With any luck, maybe the Russians will keep him.
Disgusting but they don't celebrate July 4 in Kenya
What a disgusting President. I hope the Dems wake up and see they work for a Marxist Socialist pig.
Most of all, Mr Obama needs to be firm over Russia’s ambitions to dominate the countries along its western and southern borders.
Which is Russian to the core - always concerned with their immense borders. imo, a valid concern.
But the use of "obama" and "firm" in one sentence makes me dizzy.
I hope he does better than Kennedy did with Kruschev. I doubt he can. He will probably give away the farm.
I wish that he would stay there. Putin and he makes a cute couple.
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No Way ! ....Putin is Too Smart to buy a farm that is 300% Over-mortgaged.....
Yes. But, Nikita misjudged JFK. I don’t think we will be so fortunate with Vlad and Our Little President.
Obambi is somewhere in the USA today but I don’t have a clue as to where. He arrives in Moscow on the 6th.
And of all places to be...MOSCOW???
I obviously have not been paying attention. The Obama’s are in RUSSIA FOR 4TH OF JULY??????? This is a joke, right? If it is not, can it be anymore apparent that this guy has absolutely ZERO REGARD FOR THIS COUNTRY?????
Well, no Iranians would come over for hotdogs...
Seriesly, I think Our Little President is still in Washington. I read of a cookout for a large contingent of our military this afternoon at the WH.
I thought they were doing ribs on the grill with the Iranians?
What a beautiful garden you have!
When Reagan went to Reykjavic he had clear objectives. He was willing to walk out if they were not met. Obama’s objective is to be seen as a “Great Negotiator”. Very bad mistake.
He would have celebrated that, but he had a TV appearance scheduled.
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