Vladimir Putin's comments contrast Bush's press conference  
Friday, October 19th, 2007

 

So, is President Bush just bluffing the press and saying that he and Vladimir Putin agree on the Iraq War, or not?  It would certainly seem that way, after Bush's contrasting comments in yesterday's press conference.

Bush said that he and Putin agree on the war in Iraq, and that he isn't aware of any comments to the contrary - however, he has not been debriefed by Condi yet, he added.

Well, whether or not he knew yesterday, he'd better know today:  during an annual televised question-and-answer session yesterday, Russian leader Vladimir Putin implied that the Iraq War is pointless.

Putin was asked by a mechanic from Novosibirsk of his thoughts on the comments made a few years ago by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who said that Siberia may have too many natural resources for one country.

"I know that some politicans play with such ideas in their heads," Putin replied.  "This is, in my view, the sort of political erotica that might satisfy a person but hardly leads to a positive result."

"The best example of that are the events in Iraq - a small country that can hardly defend itself, and which possesses huge oil reserves.  And we see what's going on there.  They've learned to shoot there but they are not managing to bring order.

"One can wipe off a political map some tyrannical regime...but it's absolutely pointless to fight with a people.  Russia, thank God, isn't Iraq.  It has enough strength and power to defend itself and its interests, both on its territory and other parts of the world."

So, does that mean that now that the "tyranny" of Sadam Hussein has been eliminated, as Bush calls it, that we are wasting our time in Iraq?  I really wish people would just spit it out:  why is he using natural resources to transition into fighting with Iraq?  Is he admitting that's why we're there?

In a new Reuters/Zogby poll, only 24% approved of the job President Bush is doing as our Commander in Chief.  Yet approval for Congress is even lower, at just 11%.  Meaning?  We don't like what Bush is doing - but we're dumbfounded that Congress isn't doing anything about it.

   

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