Posted on 04/26/2011 1:13:10 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sharply criticised the Western coalition attacking Libya on Tuesday, saying it had neither a right nor a mandate to kill Muammar Gaddafi.
Putin said the coalition had gone beyond the bounds of a U.N. Security Council resolution authorising intervention to protect civilians and suggested Gaddafi's actions did not justify foreign interference, let alone attempts to remove him.
"They said they didn't want to kill Gaddafi. Now some officials say, yes, we are trying to kill Gaddafi," Putin said on a visit to Denmark. "Who permitted this, was there any trial? Who took on the right to execute this man, no matter who he is?"
Putin was speaking as Britain and the United States discussed stepping up military pressure on Gaddafi, who has survived more than a month of NATO air strikes.
"The country's whole infrastructure is being destroyed, and in essence one of the warring sides is attacking under the cover of aircraft," Putin said at a news conference after talks with his Danish counterpart Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
"When the entire so-called civilised community falls upon a small country with all its might, destroys infrastructure created over generations -- I don't know, is that good or not?" Putin said. "I don't like it."
Shortly after Putin spoke, Libyan state news agency Jana said Libya had urged Russia to call an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss "Western aggression".
In Moscow, Russia's Foreign Ministry said nobody was available to comment on the report.
Putin called Gaddafi's Libya "crooked" but said that did not justify intervention.
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KGB Putin is also responsible for dropping cluster bombs on innocent Georgian women and children in 2008 and destroying the infrastructure of the nation of Georgia, a nation which has NEVER attacked Russia.
The savage animal and evil monster Vladimir Putin is afraid now he will end up like his good mohammedan comrade Kadaffi.
This could get interesting.
I would have to agree with Putin on this, much less under the command of the faker-in-chief.
Another poke in the eye to this administration.
You would not want our nation’s leader to be next, would you?
Ditto
Take whatever Putin says and do the opposite, everyone will be a lot better off.
We have no business backing either side in this war. Regardless of who wins, there will be large scale genocide unless the coalition provides security for the next 20 years. And as soon as they would pull out, both sides would start fighting all over again. Get our troops off the ground and out of the air.
What did Putin know and when did he know it?
Victims Request Damages from Frozen Gadhafi Assets - 04/22/2011 - German victims of the 1986 West Berlin disco bombing want funds frozen from Libyan accounts to be used to pay additional damages.
Why is Putin so worried that his terrorist comrade Kaddafi might fall? What facts might Putin fear will be revealed?
P.S. Can someone please elect a real conservative than that guy, please.
Putin is just taking advantage of our misfortune.
We've never been in a situation like this in my lifetime, including the Depression and WW2.
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