Bush Warms to Putin Plan on Iran

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051118/ap_on_re_as/bush_asia

BUSAN, South Korea - President Bush told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the United States supports a proposal from Moscow that could deny Iran the ability to produce nuclear weapons.

"It may provide a way out," National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said of the Russian plan, discussed during an hourlong meeting between the U.S. and Russian presidents that ranged across a variety of difficult topics.

Putin is often criticized in the West for rolling back democratic progress by imposing state control of national broadcasters, scrapping elections for regional governors, and dismantling the Yukos oil company giant after its former CEO opposed the Russian leader.

U.S. officials' concerns have grown with the introduction of legislation last week in Russia's State Duma by members of Putin's party that would keep foreign non-governmental organizations from operating offices in Russia and deny foreign funds to Russian organizations that engage in certain political activities.

[FloridaPat]

1. The Russians are tired of the US trying to mess up their country.

I would imagine the rest of the countries we are messing up are tired of it too.

[speedingbullet]

2. Plans

I would think the dip-shit should consider plans from just about anyone. Putin, random-person-off-the-street, 7th-grader... he's bound to get better advice than he seems to have been getting from the Neos..

[Javaman]

3. Translation: Russia and China both trade with Iran and...

are currently having joint military exercises, don't fuck with them.

[amandabeech]

4. Bush stays out of Iran while Russia stays out of Syria.

At least for the time being.

Besides, Putin already got us out of Uzbekistan and are working on getting us out of Kyrgistan. Why not throw us the bone of Syria?