Posted on 09/12/2013 8:09:41 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Menendez: Putin op-ed made me want 'to vomit' By Rebecca Shabad - 09/12/13 10:04 AM ET
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said a New York Times op-ed on Syria penned by Russian President Vladimir Putin made him want "to vomit" — echoing a sentiment being widely expressed Thursday on Capitol Hill.
In the op-ed, published Wednesday night, Putin again warned the U.S. not to launch military strikes on Syria. He maintained that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime was not responsible for the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack in which more than 1,400 people died, according to U.S. officials.
“I almost wanted to vomit,” Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, (D-N.J.) told CNN.
“I worry when someone who came up through the KGB tells us what is in our national interests, and what is not. It really raises the question of how serious the Russian proposal is.”
Sen. John McCain, (R-Ariz.) also shared his reaction to the op-ed on Twitter Thursday.
Putin's NYT op-ed is an insult to the intelligence of every American — John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) September 12, 2013
On MSNBC’s “Jansing & Co.” with Chris Jansing, Sen. James Inhofe, (R-Okla), said, “I don’t trust Putin.”
“It sickened me that we would have to sit there and read that,” Inhofe said.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, (R-N.H.) appeared on Fox News’s “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren shortly after the opinion piece was posted, and tweeted excerpts from her conversation.
on @gretawire: It's height of hypocrisy for #Putin to lecture the US. Who has blocked us every time at UN? The Russians and the Chinese — Kelly Ayotte (@KellyAyotte) September 12, 2013
Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with Russian officials in Geneva, Switzerland Thursday and Friday to test whether a diplomatic proposal Russia offered Monday could successfully rid Syria of its chemical weapons.
on @gretawire: for #Putin to say Assad regime didn't use chemical weapons flies against the evidence — Kelly Ayotte (@KellyAyotte) September 12, 2013
Rep. Justin Amash, (R-Mich.), who has been vocal on the Syria debate on Twitter, mocked Putin on the social network.
Have you checked out Vladimir Putin's Engadget review of the new iPhone 5s? — Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) September 12, 2013
Sen. John Cornyn, (R-Texas), who has opposed President Obama’s plan for military intervention in Syria, tweeted his reaction Thursday morning.
Putin is a big part of the problem in Syria, not the solution — JohnCornyn (@JohnCornyn) September 12, 2013
Putin also wrote that American exceptionalism is “dangerous,” which did not sit well with Rep. Vern Buchanan, (R-Fla.) — another lawmaker who opposed limited strikes.
Vladimir Putin -- the last person in the world who should be lecturing us on democracy and equality — Rep. Vern Buchanan (@VernBuchanan) September 12, 2013
Assad confirmed in an interview with a Russian news channel Thursday that he will surrender his chemical weapons — a decision he said resulted from Russia’s offer, not from American military threats.
huh? You Medendez make me want to puke, you pedophile.
Hey Menendez, your trips to the carribean to have sex with underage prostitutes makes me want to vomit too...
So STFU!
The fact that Putin was largely correct is what makes me want to vomit.
That’s only because Menendez is Obama’s shameless boot-licker. He oulwd clean the soles of Obama’s shoes with his tongue if he was so asked.
Sen. John McCain, (R-Ariz.) also shared his reaction to the op-ed on Twitter Thursday.
I think what Putin ssaid made a lot of sense. That is probably why McManiac is upset.
The Tupolev is over the target.
POSOTUS, Menendez (and almost all members of Congress), the USSC, the IRS and the NSA make me want to vomit.
Enemies within BUMP!
Some of the verbiage about history - Afghanistan, Iraq, and more - sounds like it is out of the American left’s handbook.
The left disdained American exceptionalism for decades. I don’t know why they are upset.
What should sicken them is the fact that Putin has been emboldened by a weak US President.
Tends to be more “common-sense” coming from Putin than our own pathetic US leadership... which wants to arm al-Qaeda terrorists, maintain open-borders, amass trillion-dollar deficits, faggotize the military, fund domestic NSA snooping, and promote abject deviancy like homo marriage.
Putin is right on when he accused Obama of promoting turmoil and violence in North Africa leading to disarray and deaths.
what you said
Putin is b$tch slapping our biggest b$tches from the top down
gotta love it
but weep for our country and the idiots who elect venal weak men like menendez
Just waitin’ for Putin to don a rodeo clown mask and watch barry and valjar implode
I haven’t read Putin’s op-ed yet, but the irony might be that Putin, in one editorial, has done more to unite the American people than the community organizer has in nearly 6 years in office.
Hey Menendez! ‘YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!”
What all of these politicians are missing is that the reason Putin is leading is because the Clown’s policies have weakened us domestically, economically, as well as overseas....
Taking Putin to task is complaining about the SYMPTOM and ignoring the DISEASE.
“Ordinary people doing extraordinary things has been rare in America.” - Barack Obama, last week.
I think Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson should fly to Moscow immediately and organize a protest.
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