No, the Oil For Food program was the UN vehicle for Iraq getting to bypass some UN sanctions, none of which are in place now.
Investigations into the fraud and bribes involved in OFF are on-going, however.
Posted on 08/19/2005 4:09:22 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Well...this makes Putey look good in the international press. I doubt if any Russian really cares about Iraq. And certainly, this all adds up to nothing.
I don't recall the US giving timetables to many countries. They usually don't work and act more like media bullets.
You mean Bush's buddy? Hmmmmm...
" I know you well"
and suggested the withdrawal will encourage insurgents to abandon violence in favor of contributing to the creation of the state.
Oh yeah, that'll work. What is he smoking?
The day after the last Russian leaves Chechnya.
The correct spelling requires a different alphabet. :-)
and Georgia and Moldova...
No, the Oil For Food program was the UN vehicle for Iraq getting to bypass some UN sanctions, none of which are in place now.
Investigations into the fraud and bribes involved in OFF are on-going, however.
Not only that but he doesn't even have a realistic grasp of how anything works outside of his little box. For a former KGB agent, he sure showed the world how limited his knowledge is when the Russian press was questioned while GWB was there and he said to GWB. (I'm paraphrasing) "Well, your administration fired Dan Rather".
That was telling in that it showed he has no concept of how things work outside of his narrow thinking.
" Russia....the worst occupier in recorded human history"
I guess you do not know history ay all. What about Anglo-Saxon occupation of Indian America. What about spanish conquest of the South america. I'm not talkin about Africa
( i think you should read much more books then one in a year)
"For a Jew-hating KGB agent he sure has a lot of chutzpah!"
You'll be suprised, but a huge part of the KGB agents were jews
Chechnya - is an essential part of Russia.
The Russian leader said many Iraqis view the foreign troops as "occupiers" and suggested the withdrawal will encourage insurgents to abandon violence in favor of contributing to the creation of the state.
Putin is suggesting to appease those causing problems and mayhem in Iraq. Wrong.
" Call For Withdrawal Timetable For","......Oh, and Chechnya Too." have a look at post 92
"I have vendetta against you Putin; yes for the children in Beslan"
OH! God! What a hypocrisy?!
Was it Putin who seizured the school?! Was it Putin who shooted senior pupil on the first day?! Was it Putin who hanged out bombs above children's head's?! Was it Putin who didn't promit to give some water for chldren in hot september days, & they had to drink they own urine?! Was it Putin who covered himself with chidren bodies
fire backing?! Was it Putin who shooted on runaway children's backs?!
In a world that is increasingly "flat" as Friedman has put it, Islamofascism makes the better people of Islam essential to the rest of us.
I guess I should have said...the Soviet Union.
All I need to know is the body count since 1918
and the bloody treaty between two predators to destroy and devour Poland, Finland and the tiny nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
I'm surprised a political ideology that equates human beings with insects got so much traction around the planet.
"And as you conjectured, the Democrats and leftwing media have exposed our flank to our enemies."
How many years of this genocidal BS have we had ? 80 years?
When in hades will we wake up?
Starting with the Trotsky huggers and the Durantys, how many hundreds of millions has this killed? 55000 in Viet Nam!
Enough is Enough!
Stop the MSM and Leftists!
""This is nothing more than cheap propaganda coming from Vlad.""
"Agree"
Has the Russophile Spin Machine Run out of Spin?
Were we hoping for Expensive Propaganda?
"RF is just reached economics successes and is trying to compete with US in world matters."
No, Russia is staring at a plummet in prices for its oil - of which it is a leading exporter- and it is trying to salvage customers for its arms industries.
Its amazing what a 10% drop in crude prices does to the bottom line with inefficient producers like Russia.
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