Harper tells Putin to get "get out of Ukraine" at G20 summit in Australia

The Canadian Press ^ | November 15, 2014 | Lee-Anne Goodman

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

BRISBANE, Australia - Stephen Harper had a showdown with Vladimir Putin on Saturday, telling the Russian leader to "get out of Ukraine" in a dustup at the Group of 20 summit in Australia.

Harper's spokesman, Jason MacDonald, said the prime minister was speaking to a group of G20 leaders at a private leaders' retreat on Saturday morning when Putin approached and extended his hand.

MacDonald said Harper told Putin: "I guess I'll shake your hand but I have only one thing to say to you: You need to get out of Ukraine."

According to MacDonald, Putin did not respond positively. He didn't provide further details.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

PM Harper has shown steady leadership of Canada during his time in office. In the last year, he is showing much more strength in his Christian beliefs, forgetting the 'politically correct' phases and calling 'a spade a spade'. Last month he called the attacks on Canadian Forces personnel 'terrorist' attacks, brought about by rabid islamism and he is standing up to Tsar Putin. I'm sure the Putinistas on FR will brand me and/or PM Harper as reactionary.

[CharleysPride]

Got no beef with Harper — but he’s no Rob Ford.

[traumer]

There - that will teach him...

[BobL]

Does he plan to send a UN mission there to deliver the ‘demand’? Or might he have the US do that (since that’s all we’re capable of too, now)?

[JohnBrowdie]

it’s infinitely more ballsey than anything our esteemed president has said/done/thought/hallucinated on the matter.

I would trade our guy for that guy in a microsecond.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

As a Putinista, does the Kremlin pay in rubles, USD or gold?

[Fenhalls555]

“According to MacDonald, Putin did not respond positively.”

I bet.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

That’s a good thing. Rob Ford is a conservative version of ‘Plugs’, a gaffe a minute. Of course much of that comes from his addiction. Ralph Klein also used to get drunk and do stupid things. The good news is, a couple of years before he died, he came to the Lord.

[Always A Marine]

To which Putin might have replied to Harper and his dad, Obama: "I guess I'll shake your hand but I have only twelve things to say to you: You need to get out of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia." But Putin didn't have to say that, because he knows that neither Harper nor Obama holds any cards in the current mess they helped create in Ukraine.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Another upset Putinista heard from! I hope the Kremlin pays its little girls well.

[semaj]

"According to MacDonald, Putin did not respond positively.

Really? I would have thought that Putin would have danced a nervous little jig like an adolescent school boy with an idiotic grin on his face. "My mistake sir, I'll get right on that." Yeah, right.

Harper may end of mysteriously dead in short order for embarrassing himself and Putin with that cheap stunt.

[semaj]

And no, I’m not a “Putinista” (clever little label), just a realist.

[DPMD]

As he approached Putin to shake hands, Harper nearly tripped over the kneeling Obama.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

And PM Harper’s speaking the truth is ‘embarrassing himself’ in what way? The truth is now ‘embarrassing’ to some FReepers?

Pathetic!

[familyop]

Putin fled from the Summit early, before the official lunch. He was afraid that Tony Abbot, the Australian Prime Minister, was going to beat him like a bald-headed stepchild. One only escapes from a "shirt front" with either humility or injuries.

Vladimir Putin to leave G20 early after 'tense' meeting with David Cameron
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/11232995/Vladimir-Putin-to-leave-G20-early-after-tense-meeting-with-David-Cameron.html

[caww]

the other reporting is saying Putins left the summit because things are escalating in Ukraine. Either or he’s leaving early it seems.

[familyop]

"Harper may end of mysteriously dead in short order for embarrassing himself and Putin with that cheap stunt."

Obviously, you have some national or personal insight into Putin. Is it true that he's a closet queer like Hitler?

[Agog]

Heard on the net:

Ukraine will be asking Australia what they did to get Putin to leave.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

It is, in fact, Steven Harper who is showing leadership in the West. It most certainly is not your _resident. UK PM Cameron shows no leadership in his aspirations that the UK PM’s office be held by an ‘Asian’, nor does Comrade Hollande of France. It falls to Harper to be the honest one, the only Christian of the bunch, speaking the truth to the would be ‘tsar’.

[familyop]

It’s highly doubtful that the funny little man in the pointy hat or millions of European-minded fascist followers will save Putin. Underneath all of pagan crud that has slithered into political positions in our nation, this is still America. We should act like decent Americans and always be ready to kill foreign commies or fascists.