Posted on 12/23/2010 9:33:58 AM PST by crusadersoldier
Gordon Brown earned a reputation for throwing his weight around during his bout as prime minister but he's got nothing on Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The black belt politician took part in a televised judo sparring session to inaugurate a sports complex in his home town of St Petersburg.
But as he tossed opponents over his shoulder and slammed
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In pragmatic terms, IOW getting done what is best for his country and defending it from enemies probably the best world leader out there today. I put him up there with Erwin Rommell and General Giap, just as the Romans had genuine respect for Hannibal.
Every picture of <0 is a pansy picture.
You’re odds of guessing correctly were 100%.
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Every picture of <0 is a pansy picture.
*Your* odds of guessing correctly were 100%.
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Overkill? Putin knows full well there's propaganda value to a national leader being a hardass and looking the part on the world stage. What viewers see of Putin they see of Russia. He took care of business this past weekend, didn't he? Just one warning from his government and almost immediately eight POSGOP senaturds joined five others in scampering to the democrat side to ratify START. Were it going the other way, I doubt the limp-wristed bleating from our... ahem... "leaders"... would elicit anything from the Russians except laughter.
Result: Advantage Russia. They kicked our collective ass.
I’m always entertained by liberals who smirk derisively at the idea of a Palin presidency and ask, “Let me get this straight... you would rather have Sarah Palin negotiate with the Russians on START?”
My answer... Hell.. EFFING... YES!!!!!
To add to my post, the Russians will always have the negotiating advantage over us so long as 0bama is in the White House... Putin loves his country and shows it. Obama doesn’t. Obama sees himself as a “citizen of the world.” As such, he’ll never have the requisite amount of patriotic energy needed to secure an advantage for the U.S.
I’m sure he has earned it, but really, who would be idiotic enough to deny Putin a black belt? They would be in the nearest dumpster by morning.
Obummer the drapery-hanger
Yeah and the Russians played this fool zero in regards to dropping the missle defense facilities in the Czech Republic and Poland based on the laughable premise they would help us with Iran. Zero plays checkers ... the Russians play chess.
“who would be idiotic enough to deny Putin a black belt?”
There’s videos of him online. He knows how to throw, how to fall, how to do wrist locks and arm bars.
He’s got game.
Exactly. One reason we won the Cold War was that most Soviet leaders after Stalin, Khruschev, Brezhnev, etc., were buffoons. Putin is no buffoon.
I wonder if in his KGB days Vlad had gotten any exposure to ‘wet works’?
Every good hunter verifies there “sights” before taking the shot.
Again, this wasn’t a thread about Sarah Palin, but sycophants keep brining her up in unrelated threads. Thus, the comparison is enjoined. Deal with it.
“I wonder if in his KGB days Vlad had gotten any exposure to wet works?”
Wouldn’t surprise me at all.
“”””Putin has balls. Really big, brass balls
Obama has a vagina””””
But Putin can enjoy one any time he wants.
Hip Bong!
Never in my life did I expect the most powerful country in the world to have the biggest communist pussy as our leader.
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