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Report: Russian President Putin 'infuriated' by Obama's 'bored kid' quip
The Hill ^ | 8/28/13 | Justin Sink

Posted on 08/29/2013 2:08:19 AM PDT by Libloather

Russian president Vladimir Putin was "infuriated" by President Obama's joke that he looked "like the bored kid in the back of the classroom," according to a Kremlin official quoted anonymously by the New York Times.

The report comes as the United States weighs a military response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria — a move that Russian officials have warned President Obama against. Russia is expected to block any attempt to get authorization for a strike in the United Nations Security Council, where Moscow holds veto power.

Obama made the comment earlier this summer during a showdown with Putin over Edward Snowden, the former U.S. defense contractor who leaked top-secret details of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs. Putin ultimately opted to grant Snowden temporary asylum over the objections of Obama, and the president was asked about his working relationship with the Russian leader.

"I know the press likes to focus on body language, and he's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. But the truth is that when we're in conversations together, oftentimes it's very productive," Obama said.

The president insisted that he did not have "a bad personal relationship with Putin."

"When we have conversations, they’re candid, they’re blunt; oftentimes, they’re constructive," Obama continued.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bored; iran; israel; kid; lebanon; obama; putin; russia; syria; turkey; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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To: Libloather

Make no mistake about it; Putin loves Obama. Obama is the most incompetent POTUS in history and Putin continues to run circles around him.


41 posted on 08/29/2013 4:38:54 AM PDT by kenmcg (scapegoat)
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To: Jonty30
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Didn't one of Putin's offical spokespersons (the other day) refer to the (illegal) proposed U.S. military strike against Syria as ...

"dangerous as a monkey with a hand grenade" ?



Putin is just goading the Sodomite Kenyan into a military disaster, that Putin and his guys designed "months ago".



Obama is Nero ... on a really "stupid" and "insane" day ...



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42 posted on 08/29/2013 4:40:19 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Swine Piss be upon the Sodmite Obama, and his Child-Rapist False Prophet Mohammed)
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To: pepsionice
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You're on the right track ...


But Putin isn't just looking to shoot down an F16 ...

He's aiming to bag a couple of U.S. Navy Destroyers ... maybe even a "hat trick" ...

all with "Syria's Hands on the Trigger" ...



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43 posted on 08/29/2013 4:42:25 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne (Swine Piss be upon the Sodmite Obama, and his Child-Rapist False Prophet Mohammed)
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To: pepsionice
For Putin, Syria is a demonstration show. If you think anything less, then you are wrong.

Putin needs to enhance the attractiveness of the Russian arms industry, which used to be a major source of exports. This might be the way to do it.

Then Obama would have to explain how he thought it was acceptable to send US forces to initiate an attack against a country which had not attacked Americans, without Congressional OK.

44 posted on 08/29/2013 4:43:16 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: Gen.Blather
Had Obama paid his dues, spent more years in lesser positions, he’d know how to behave.

Great post, General. Thanks for taking the time to post a cogent observation.

45 posted on 08/29/2013 4:48:52 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: freeangel

Seriously? That would be hysterical.


46 posted on 08/29/2013 4:56:03 AM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Libloather

Mr. Putin must not appreciate Great Leader’s condescending Greatness. Mr. Putin should learn to love Great Leader, as we here in the US have.


47 posted on 08/29/2013 5:17:23 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (http://jonah2eight.blogspot.com/)
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To: pepsionice
And you really wouldn’t want to be the President, trying to find the right words to excuse the mess you walked into.

Yep, I reckon blaming everything on the previous president or the current foot-dragging House Republicans won't cut it if American planes are shot down.

Not that I think any jets will fly over Syria. Stealth bombers, maybe.

48 posted on 08/29/2013 5:22:29 AM PDT by citizen (There is always free government cheese in the mouse trap.....https://twitter.com/kracker0)
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49 posted on 08/29/2013 5:22:39 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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51 posted on 08/29/2013 5:40:54 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Pure fiction. Where's all the damaging info the CIA was going to release? This article is from May 2009. If the CIA was soooo pissed they would have released something prior to 2012, don't you think?

As I said, pure fiction...and bad fiction at that.

52 posted on 08/29/2013 6:15:24 AM PDT by pgkdan (Marco Rubio can go straight to hell!)
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To: Libloather

Obama is arrogant and cannot prevent himself from shutting up instead of assuming he has all keys and custodies and others not. He is a fool.


53 posted on 08/29/2013 6:20:09 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Gen.Blather

Your Post #19 was an excellent summation.


54 posted on 08/29/2013 6:41:05 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Libloather

Under the right ‘alone’ circumstances, I’m sure ‘bored’ Putin would show that pussy Obama just how “bored” he is.


55 posted on 08/29/2013 6:44:06 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: jsanders2001

I would love to see Putin meet him and give him the iron handshake and make him cry. Better yet reach out to shake and just clock him and walk off.


56 posted on 08/29/2013 6:55:32 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Libloather
"like the bored kid in the back of the classroom,"

Well....I see now how fearless leader has improved our relations with the rest of the world. He's a real word merchant.... that Obama!!!!

57 posted on 08/29/2013 7:02:53 AM PDT by ontap (***)
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58 posted on 08/29/2013 7:45:01 AM PDT by SJackson ( The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. BF)
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To: pepsionice

I totally agree. Syria has bought hundreds of silkworms from Russia and if the US attacks they are liable to blow off a few and aided by Russian satellites might well take out one of our carriers. How is Barky going to splain that one to the public?


59 posted on 08/29/2013 8:18:40 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Libloather

Putin’s got the same shoes to get happy in.

Every journalist in America is saying the same thing right now “Why couldn’t Bush have said it!!!!????”.


60 posted on 08/29/2013 8:21:20 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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