Posted on 09/04/2004 2:18:21 PM PDT by wagglebee
The Chechnyans just want "affordable" healthcare and a "living" wage./sarcasm off
As far as I can tell it exists because GWBush cannot handle many (any?) American combat deaths and still get re-elected.
Islam. Making enemies wherever they go. Will they ever look in the mirror? doubt it.
I fear that Putin will use this as an excuse to impose more authoritarian rule in Russia,rather than see it as a reason to do what he should do-deal with the terrorists in the only relevant way,on their own terms.
And France will be there like a snake in the grass,whispering in his ear that he can't "undermine his independence" by showing any solidarity with the US and the coalition.
I hope he's firmer than the Czars were when France did the same thing.
MEGA ditto!
Lesson learned: America cannot afford John Kerry.
Time to start the worldwide campaign to flatten every Mosque on the planet. It's a start. Go after their heretofore off-limits havens & nests. Maybe in response the vermin will aggregate into larger groups that we can exterminate in a fair fight, instead of having to deal with them sneaking around in small groups and attacking women and children, like the stinking cowards they are.
not to promote excessive drinking BUT
Osama bin Laden walks into a bar with a duck under his arm.
The bartender says "HEY! you can't bring that pig in here!"
Osama bin Laden says "pardon me! but this is a duck, you infidel!"
The bartender says "Pardon ME!!! I was speaking TO the duck!!!"
lame, I know ... 8) ... fwiw
170 kids.
Putin was against the Iraq war for selfish reasons, Iraq owed Russia a lot of money. Some of the money they will get back, other than that it's a moot point. Putin now realized that Bush is going to be re-elected. The events of the last two weeks have scared the crap out of him, he is going to use this as an opportunity to solidify his power.
Of course, the appropriate reply is..
"Baaadges, we don't need no steeenkin baaadges"
Russian President's address to the Nation
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1207411/posts?page=38
Despair and Anger in Small Russian Town After Siege
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1207293/posts?page=34
Good Word! I never saw that one before.
ROFLOL!
Putin is also really pissed off at the EU now
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040905/asp/foreign/story_3720034.asp
I sincerely hope that Putin's talk about improving security is just to lull the Chechyans into a false sense of complacency before he lets loose.
If anyone in Eastern Europe sees a bright flash on the horizon, that's just Putin cleaning house...
8)
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