Putin is blunt about Democrat hypocrisy at the G8 summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped into the U.S. political campaign on Thursday, saying the Democrats had “no moral right” to criticize President Bush over Iraq.
The Kremlin leader, answering a reporter’s question in Sea Island, Georgia, suggested that the Democrats were two-faced in criticizing Bush on Iraq since it had been the Clinton administration that authorized the 1999 bombing of Yugoslavia by U.S. and NATO forces.
The reporter had asked Putin to respond to U.S. press articles questioning Russia’s place at the G8 feast of leading industrial countries.
Putin brushed these off, saying such articles were part of an internal U.S. political debate.
He went on: “I am deeply convinced that President Bush’s political adversaries have no moral right to attack him over Iraq because they did exactly the same.
“It suffices to recall Yugoslavia. Now look at them. They don’t like what President Bush is doing in Iraq.
hat tip – The Commisar
Foreign leaders endorsing Kerry. Putin off list? Check! Blair off list? Check!
Anyone left on list apart from Arafat and Gaddafi?
American Dems getting slapped down by a Russkie (the head Russkie, no less)? For them, that’s like having Santa leave coal in your stocking at Christmas.
Dave,
Your forgot Fidel Castro and Kim Jong Il, both Kerry stalwarts.
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