Russia: Putin covers his bets (Vlad hates Kerry)

Asia Times ^ | 10/14/04 | Sergei Blagov

[TigerLikesRooster]

So Putin fears that Kerry could turn out to be another Clinton. Since Russia had a really bad time under Clinton, I cannot blame them. It is just that somethow they carry some of grudge to Bush and his Republicans as well.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

China is Russia's insurance against Kerry regime!

[Mamzelle]

Russians are good at gloom and grudges. They'd be better off figuring out what to do about Beslan and the Chechyns. I wonder what is festering there.

[Cicero]

Indeed, Democrats have voiced stronger criticism of Russia. "We're concerned that Putin is getting a blank check," said Richard C Holbrooke, a former US ambassador to the United Nations who is advising Kerry. "We need good relations with Russia, but we ought to have some standards here," he said.

For the record, NO ONE has done more to damage American relations with Russia than Holbrooke, who was the genius behind clinton's attack on Serbia. When it turned out that Russia was powerless to protect its "little brothers," the Serbs, they were deeply shamed and I'm sure are still full of resentment. Weasley Clarke, Richard Cohen, and Maddy Albright all share some of the responsibility for what may have been the stupidest foreign policy move since Yalta.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Vlad hates Kerry

Geez, who doesn't? This guy rubs people the wrong way just by breathing. He is totally unlikeable.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #4

I agree. Holbrooke's policy was responsible for the rise of Putin and his KGB brotherhood. He made them realized their cherished goal, that is, returning to power as competent and professional people, not ruthless and sinister agent of oppression. Holbrooke is not in a position to gripe about it. He(probably along with Hitlery) made it happen.

[piasa]

Incidentally, when citing his overseas travel in the first debate, Kerry made a mistake by saying the cells of the KGB headquarters in Moscow had been "under Treblinka Square". He must have meant Lubyanka Square, as Treblinka was a Nazi death camp in Poland.

As usual, the media gave Kerry a pass on that one since they probably missed it themselves in their haste to tell us how brilliant he is.

Meanwhile, they fret over the way Bush pronounces "nuclear."

[najida]

After last night's debate, I think Teresa doesn't like Kerry too much either :)

[EagleUSA]

"So Putin fears that Kerry could turn out to be another Clinton."
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Worse than Clinton. In many ways. Putin is not so "unaware" after all. And Clinton was/is far smarter (more clever) than Kerry...

[Sender]

Russians don't know what Kerry is going to do over the next 4 years if elected. They pretty much know what Bush is going to do. Uncertainty is anxiety.

[MarMema]

If we end up with Kerry I am going to be sick.

[MarMema]

ping

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #10

Oh, they may know what Kerry will do. Stumble their way into Russia's doorstep and tear things apart. That is what happened in Balkans and Chechnya under Clinton. Odds are high that it will happen again under Kerry. This is on top of Kerry being the devil they don't know while Bush is the one they know well.

[Mark17]

Putin is due to visit China from Thursday to Saturday this week for talks with President Hu Jintao,

Jintao? Jintao? Sounds like a line from a Jackie Chan movie to me.

[mombrown1]

If he loses I see the big 'D' and there is a pre-nup.

[Lijahsbubbe]

After last night's debate, I think Teresa doesn't like Kerry too much either :)

What? You think she didn't like the joke about her money? ("marrying up") ;)

[redgolum]

They have a right to not like us. We were on the side of the islamofacists against Russia to many times.

[struwwelpeter]

An old article from Moskovskiy Komsomolets about the Clinton-Yeltsin relationship.

[prophetic]

its one thing for a Senator to be flip-flopping while campaigning, but as the leader of the free world if (God Forbid) as President he continues with his indecisions & treachery, it will make for a Baad baad world!!

The rest of the world claims (actually its the liberal controlled media in the rest of the world) that the world hates America because of Bush. However can you imagine the chaos Kerry would introduce to the world political scene when faced with real pressure?

Just look on his face after the debate - he looks like some young schoolboy that been sent up to the principal's office for a flogging!!

[Pyro7480]

The old Soviet regime were the original funders of the Islamo-terrorists. However, the Soviets made the mistake of invading Afghanistan, and now the Islamofascists are after the Russians now too.