When I saw the headline, I had to ask the question:
Did he have his shirt on when he said it? “Putin Reportedly Says Russia Could ‘Take Kiev in 2 Weeks’” http://t.co/7TjtAtJG9A
— Brad Warthen (@BradWarthen) September 2, 2014
Can you believe this? A country that until recently was one of the world’s two superpowers is now in the hands of a guy who goes around saying stuff like this?
So, OK… the Russians are saying this was quoted out of context, which means, we hope, that Putin was saying, essentially, I’m not trying to take Ukraine. If I were trying to take Ukraine, I’d take Ukraine.
But still. The problem here is that Putin is the kind of guy who does say stuff like this, with or without his shirt on. And that’s trouble for all of us…
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I guess we’re seeing what Obama meant when he said he would have more “flexibility” after the election.
As in “bending over”?
Of course, if you’re Putin, you say you were provoked by the news that “NATO To Create New ‘Spearhead’ Force For Eastern Europe.”
Maybe they could all meet out on the steppes and argue who has the biggest spearhead…
Was watching someone interview Russian nitwits who drive crazy, and one of the nitwits said, “In Russia, we have important saying: Don’t be a pussy.”
No, it wasn’t Putin. But it could have been.
Hey, they stole that from us! First our blue jeans, now this…