Two men - one sane, one not

[lovuian]

http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/99120-0/

The last official visit to Iran by a Kremlin leader was back in 1943. During the Great Patriotic War, Joseph Stalin attended the conference of the "Big Three" allied powers in Tehran along with Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, was warmly received by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the men were often seen smiling, shaking hands and conducting intense discussions.


Washington has continually attempted to pressure President Putin to toughen his stance over Iran's nuclear program. It is quite apparent that they did not want this meeting to occur. Indeed, there were warnings of a possible assassination attempt that was to occur in Iran. President Putin made it quite clear during the Tehran summit that Russia would not accept any sort of military action against Iran and rejected the possibility of further sanctions being implemented as a veto holding member of the UN Security Council.

At the summit meeting of Caspian Sea states, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan joined President Putin in announcing that their respective states "would not allow their territory to be used by a third country to commit military action against one of other Caspian littoral states."
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Meanwhile, George Bush made a televised speech where he declared "We've got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel," he said. "So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon." Those appalling statements were hardly the words of an honest or mentally stable individual.
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I have to admit Bush really is really way out of his league

[gateley]

1. Isn't Pravda THE Russian news source? I know it's not TASS but I can't help

but think that they're pretty cautious about what they say with Putin at the helm.

The comments about Bush are extremely unflattering (kind of like here on DU) and insulting. There is definitely no love lost between our two countries and I'm just horrified that Bush has alienated yet another nation.