Medvedev, Putin Clash Over Libya

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: WSJ

MOSCOW—The Western-led military action in Libya provoked a rare public split in Russia's ruling tandem Monday, as President Dmitry Medvedev appeared to scold his patron, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, for publicly criticizing the effort.

Dressed in a fur-trimmed leather bomber jacket embroidered with the words "Commander in Chief" in Russian, Mr. Medvedev defended his decision not to veto the United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing the action and warned critics to watch their words.

"It's absolutely unacceptable to use phrases that in effect lead to conflict between civilizations, such as 'crusades,' and the like," he said.

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[ClarkUSA]

1. Good find. Medvedev is correct. Putin's deliberate use of the code word "crusade" is inflammatory.

His tenure as "Commander-In-Chief" may not last too much longer. Better watch what he eats....

[kenny blankenship]

2. Someone is about to become mysteriously ill and may have to resign

after somehow swallowing a freakish quantity of Polonium 210. Be well, Dmitry Anatolyevich.

[JaneQPublic]

3. He's probably assigning a food taster this very minute. (nt)

[Ikonoklast]

4. Interesting.

Very...interesting.

I'd stay away from flying in one of those notoriously poorly-maintained small aircraft with the ever-present MountainSide Basher© faulty altimeters and wonky fuel pumps made by gibbons, that also tend to decompress explosively at altitude for no apparent reason.


And bullets, too. Almost forgot the bullets.


Stay away from them.

[KeepItReal]

5. Oooh! fight! fight!!

:popcorn:

[AllTooEasy]

6. Medvedev, it was nice knowing ya...

[FLPanhandle]

7. One guy I wouldn't want to piss off is Putin

Medvedev serves at Putin's pleasure.