Putin backs Bush victory

[onehandle]

Vladimir Putin waded into the American election campaign in support of George Bush yesterday, declaring that if the president lost, it would lead to the "spread of terrorism" around the world.

The endorsement was a significant boost for Mr Bush who has been under fire from John Kerry for failing to maintain international support for the US "war on terror".

"International terrorists have set as their goal inflicting the maximum damage to Bush, to prevent his election to a second term," the Russian president said at a central Asian summit in Tajikistan.

"If they succeed in doing that, they will celebrate a victory over America and over the entire anti-terror coalition. In that case, this would give an additional impulse to international terrorists and to their activities, and could lead to the spread of terrorism to other parts of the world." He added he would respect "any choice by the American people".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1330503,00.html

[Alexander]

1. 4 out of 5 dictators back President Bush!

That would make a great advertisement.

[ogradda]

2. lmao i believe it

well who am i to argue with that endorsement maybe we should run the country along the lines of say, russia.......o that's a dictatorship right?

[Capt_Nemo]

3. Of course he does!

He knows that bush will put the US in the same path of oblivion
than his beloved USSR.

He is waiting to serve the sweet vengeance cold to all americans
in the shortest time possible. He knows that with shrub there he
could do it in less than 4 years...

All adversaries and enemies of the US want dubya right where he is.

[WildClarySage]

4. If that isn't the soft prejudice of low

expectations: the Russians are a "significant boost for Bush who has been under fire fom John Kerry for failing to maintain international support for the US 'war on terror'" So the score is something like 300-1 Kerry and somehow Putin in Bush's column is a significant boost?

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=913503


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