Putin tells reporter to 'get circumcised'

ABC News ^ | 11/12/02 | staff

[TomGuy]

More and more I like this guy, Putin. Whatever he may have been/done in the old KGB, he doesn't seem the type to take much guff and tells it like it is. He is the kind of ally we are definitely going to need as the War on Terrorism (Islamic radicalism) continues.

[HEY4QDEMS]

ROTFLMFAO....Dubya, please take note.....invite Helen Thomas to Moscow

[marshmallow]

We have specialists that deal with this problem. I suggest that you do such an operation that nothing grows out of you again," Mr Putin reportedly said.

Just reading the above sentence and looking at the context, I'm wondering if "circumcised" is indeed the correct translation. I think he may have said "castrated", and this has been politely.....ahem...edited, by the translator.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Not all Muslims want to kill people.

While that is true, in the real world it is getting to be a very unsafe assumption to make.

[Woahhs]

Obviously Mr. Putin understands "The Reagan Doctrine." Détente never won a ballgame.

Stick it in, and break it off.

[Dog Gone]

Okay, I'll confess my ignorance here. I don't get the circumcision remark at all. Do Moslems practice circumcision? I thought, as a religion thing, it was a Jewish practice.

[philosofy123]

We need to stop these stupid liberals from thinking that the Chechen problem is a rebel problem or the Philippine problem is a rebel problem, or the Sudanese problem is a F#NG rebel problem...... All that is nothing more than ISLAM terrorizing people to submission. The sooner the stupid western reporters understand that the sooner our ignorant population will understand the extent of our upcoming task to fight the Islamic terrorists around the world. We used the term rebels to identify the Moslem terrorists in Chechnya because we were antagonists of Russia, now we need to forget that, and get on with the program to eradicate terrorism. Russia and the west are in it together.

[Delbert]

ROTFLMFAO....Dubya, please take note.....invite Helen Thomas to Moscow <---Does Helen Thomas have a penis?

[stuartcr]

The ones that I know, that do not want to hate and kill people, also live in the real world.

[HEY4QDEMS]

I don't know first hand (barf), But if I were a betting man, I would say YES!

[E Rocc]

"But if you are prepared to become the most radical Islamist and prepared to get circumcised - I invite you to Moscow.

Didn't Hellary want to do something like this to Sinky?

-Eric

[the_doc]

"But if you are prepared to become the most radical Islamist and prepared to get circumcised - I invite you to Moscow.

"We have specialists that deal with this problem. I suggest that you do such an operation that nothing grows out of you again," Mr Putin reportedly said.

Mr Putin is known for his tough talk that at times becomes interlaced with slang used by criminals and the military.

It seems to me that Putin is speaking as a Christian. He is evidently borrowing the metaphor which the apostle Paul used in the Book of Galatians.

[grammymoon]

'Not all Muslims want to kill people. Just as there are many Christians, Jews, etc., that do not abide by all that they are told, so too are there many Muslims."


Yeah, right. They just haven't had a chance yet.
Their "religion" dictates that they kill all non-muslims.
Anyway, I haven't heard any proclaiming their love of America or any rejection of violence, just he opposite in fact. I also hear a lot of whining about their feelings, as if we don't have any.

[July 4th]

They [the Chechens] talk about killing non-Muslims and if you are a Christian, you are in danger.

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

[Ole Okie]

Putin (ex-KGB top man) is beginning to resemble Nikita Kruschev,

I thoroughly disagree.

Khrushchev was a rough, bluff old Communist who sized Kennedy up when they first met in Vienna and decided that Kennedy didn't have gonads.

Hence Khrushchev decided to undertake the Cuban adventure which almost resulted in nuclear war.

While the "13 days in May" episode continues to be represented in United States as a great "victory", it was Pyhrric in nature. We pledged not to invade Cuba and withdrew missiles (represented as obsolete) from Turkey, and in return Nikita pledged to withdraw nuclear warheads from Cuba.

Putin, whatever his language here, is polished and well-informed in comparison to Nikita. And he and Pres. Bush seem to like each other and can get along.

But one thing is for sure: Putin isn't going to size this President up and decide he's an effete Easterner without the resolve to do what he says.

That's in total contrast to the Kennedy/Khrushchev situation.

[Woahhs]

Not all Muslims want to kill people.

No, but they sure want to dominate people. We've kicked the snot out of everyone else that tried to do that to us. Why should they be any different? As soon as any of our past enemys gave up a desire for our suppression, we got along with them just fine. Muslims won't be any different, once they stop attacking and calling it defense.

[Dog Gone]

According to the AP report of this incident, Putin was speaking a French reporter from Le Monde, which makes the remarks even more enjoyable, I think.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

BS walks, I guess.

[joyful1]

Not all Muslims want to kill people. Just as there are many Christians, Jews, etc., that do not abide by all that they are told, so too are there many Muslims.

You're kidding, right? The fact is most Muslims refuse to condemn militant Islam, that has vowed to kill non-believers.

[steveegg]

I like Putin. He has a way of dealing with lieberal media.