Putin: "I didnt mean to scare Angela Merkel With My Dog.

CNN ^ | 1/12/16

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

(CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a German newspaper he did not mean to scare Chancellor Angela Merkel when he brought his pet Labrador in to meet her during an infamous press conference nine years ago.

Merkel, reportedly fearful of dogs since one attacked her in 1995, was photographed looking distinctly uncomfortable when Putin brought his large black Labrador Koni into a meeting at his summer residence in Sochi, Russia, in January 2007.

The Russian leader appeared to smirk as he watched his pet approach his uneasy VIP guest.

Now, years on, Putin has told German newspaper Bild he had no intention of intimidating Merkel.

"I wanted to do something nice for her," he told the newspaper, in an interview published Monday.

"When I found out that she doesn't like dogs, of course I apologized."

Putin's treatment of Merkel, in office for less than two years at the time, reportedly rankled the German press corps.

[Helicondelta]

Merkel’s secret service should have shot the dog when it approached her.

Merkel looks frightened.

Putin probably decided to invade the Ukraine as he is sitting there smiling.

Hillary probably would have screamed Huma’s name.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

Your America is gone and you cling to false media propganda as to what is going on.

[left that other site]

Awwww..What a BEAUTIFUL Dog!

I would have gotten down on the floor and played with him.

[Calpublican]

That look she has. That’s just how her countrymen feel right now.

[captain_dave]

Maybe Merkel is a closet moslem?

[Bulwyf]

Having owned both labs and coonhounds, I’ve never seen anything as gentle with kids and yet as ferocious as my black and tan coonhound. He didn’t care what it was, he would never back down when kids were around or I.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

Did you enjoy Beyonce last night? Do you know Putins body count keeps that out of his country? Do you like George Soros? Do you know everything Soros is banned in Russia?
Do you know that Russia is the last hope for Christianity in this world?Do you know Putin is the only one fighting ISIS? So by dissing Putin , does that make you fall into misery and wallow in pathetic weakness and despair? Hes not communist. You just assume that. He has done nothing communist. The guy right now is Americas only hope overseas. Your America is gone. Get used to that. You think a Cruz or Trump win is game over? Right now we have no military. We are on verge of thousands of terrorists decending into our country, counties and states. Your America is gone. Now you can do one of two things 1. wake up , accept that and work to fight it from there. 2. Continue clinging to a stand thats based on where we were 8 years ago . Got news for you, the entire world has changed. Putins body count kept the social sabotuers out. Everyone of his hits kept liberalism out. All Soros and Obama people.So stuff it.You are delusional as to how the world is changing and powerless to do anything so long as you cling to this idea an election automatically makes it all okay again.

[BenLurkin]

Did you enjoy Beyonce last night? Do you know Putins body count keeps that out of his country?

Keeps what out of his country? Halftime shows?

[MSF BU]

Precisely, a Russian Wolfhound or a Moscow Watchdog...essential the Russian answer to the Neapolitan Mastiff, it can stand the cold.

[MarvinStinson]

So Putin is equal to Hitler?

[MSF BU]

...this poster left out filling the military with homosexuals and feminizing the force through lowered standards.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

That wasnt a halftime show. It was political propoganda shoved down Americans throats.

[BenLurkin]

So Putin keeps dissent out of Russia.

Got it.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

Try looking into who hes killed and why. Obama is above murder? Obama hasnt done worse?

[zek157]

“Vlad knows how the game is played.”

So he brought in a Black Lab to terrify Frau Merkle. Labs are known to be very dangerous breeds, especially when one doesn’t want to pet them, or attempts to stop throwing a ball.

Myself, I don’t trust anyone that doesn’t like dogs, or that a dog doesn’t like.

[BullDog108]

You are 100‰ correct.

GO PUTIN!

DELENDA EST ISLAM

[ETL]

Did you enjoy Beyonce last night? Do you know Putins body count keeps that out of his country? ... So stuff it. You are delusional as to how the world is changing and powerless to do anything

Do you know, you confused misguided moron, that Russia continues to this day supplying arms to Cuba and other hostile leftist regimes in Latin America?

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Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries

Moscow defense minister inks deals with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua for joint exercises

BY: Bill Gertz
February 20, 2015

Russia agreed to provide military training for three leftist regimes in Latin America and increase military visits and exercises following a visit last week to the region by Moscow's Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu, Pentagon officials said.

Shoygu met with defense and military leaders in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and signed several agreements on warship visits and military training during the visit, which ran from Feb. 11 to 14. It is not clear whether any new arms deals were completed during the visit.

Defense officials said the Russian leader is seeking bases in the region for strategic bomber flights that Shoygu recently promised would include flights over the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-boosts-arms-training-for-leftist-latin-militaries/
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How Russia arms America's southern neighbors

Ioan Grillo
May 9, 2014

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Russia's push into Ukraine has put many on edge. But less known is that Russia is also strengthening its military links south of the Rio Grande and re-establishing itself as a power in the region.

Vladimir Putin has been strengthening military links here, and Russia is now the largest arms dealer to governments in Latin America, surpassing the United States.

Russia has even floated the possibility of building new military bases in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, and putting its warships permanently in the Caribbean.

In the midst of the Ukraine crisis, Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov recently visited Cuba, Peru, Chile, and Nicaragua, where he announced that Russia would also pour money into the new Central American canal project. ..."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/140508/russian-arms-military-trade-latin-america
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[BenLurkin]

You think maybe Putin will kill Beyonce?

Interesting.

[Hulka]

Muslimes react this way to dogs. . .

[Yaelle]

Dang, I’m laughing. What is wrong with me.

It’s just that Putin releases these photos TODAY after nine years?

If our President is not a master strategist he really doesn’t belong on the world stage right now. Most of those candidates should sit the bleep down. Bern would probably do a gymnastics floor pass for Putin and that in itself would probably get a lot of people somewhere killed. Weakness? We don’t need it in our leader in 2017, kids.