Putin Lashes Out At Bush: “We Certainly Would Not Want...The Same Kind Of Democracy As They Have In Iraq”...

About time someone, told the fool the truth. Even if it is Putin for Gods sake, after all there is no difference, between the two of them, they both manipulate their Govts and their people

Think Progress July 15, 2006 at 01:14 PM
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During a press conference today at the G8 summit in Russia, President Bush told President Vladimir Putin that Americans want Russia to develop a free press and free religion "like Iraq." To laughter and applause, Putin responded: "We certainly would not want to have same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, quite honestly." CNN's Ed Henry called it a "tough jab."

The exchange was an vivid example of how our strategic failures in Iraq undermine our moral authority and influence throughout the world.

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