"I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls," Mr Putin replied.

[malaise]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5147422.ece
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President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia, who is in Paris, laughed nervously when he heard of Mr Putin's threat on French radio this morning and said that he was aware of it.

Mr Sarkozy was aware from intelligence reports that the Russian army was aiming to overthrow Mr Saakashvili and install a puppet government. He told Mr Putin that the world would not accept this, according to Mr Levitte, Mr Sarkozy's foreign policy chief, who was in the Kremlin for the talks.

"I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls," Mr Putin replied.

Mr Sarkozy responded: "Hang him?"

"Why not? The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein," said Mr Putin.

Mr Sarkozy replied, using the familiar "tu": "Yes but do you want to end up like (President) Bush?" Mr Putin was briefly lost for words, then replied: "Ah, you have scored a point there."

The exchange was disclosed as Mr Sarkozy was about to meet both Mr Saakashvili in Paris today and then chair a European summit with President Medvedev of Russia in Nice tomorrow.
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The new low on the planet - Do you want to end up like Bush!!

[acmavm]

1. Whoa, what's McCain gonna do now? He'd better send in a

possee led by Randy Schneu(what the hell ever the rest of it is) to the rescue.

[malaise]

3. Didn't he fire him in the last week of the campaign n/t

[acmavm]

7. Yeah, but he was his point man in Georgia and he was the one

feeding What's-his-bucket all the propaganda and he undoubtedly led him to believe that the US would come to the rescue. I mean, the very least he could do is go do an Entebbe-like commando raid and get their boy out of there. Can't you just picture it? And maybe they can get the great military leader and war hero to lead the charge.

I mean it would be the first mess that McCain ever cleaned up after himself.

[malaise]

10. That won't happen

Scheunemann already collected his big bucks from that poor ass country.

[Sabriel]

2. Putin has become the perfect Bond villian

He lacks only blood running from his eye constantly.

I'm looking forward to the term "Bush" becoming a meaning for a loser. It might just keep future Bush family members out of politics.

[BluePatriot21]

4. I like that put down

Randy Scheunemann is such a big fat lying Bush. How's that?

[malaise]

11. It was pretty good

Welcome to DU :hi:

[leftstreet]

5. Sounds like Putin's campaigning again

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5141009.ece

November 13, 2008

Dmitri Medvedev rushes in six year term reform for Vladimir Putin

Report suggests that President Medvedev will make reforms to allow Putin to stay as president until 2021

Russia’s parliament is rushing through plans to extend the presidential term from four years to six, leading to speculation that Vladimir Putin plans a dramatic return to the Kremlin.

A constitutional amendment is to be fast-tracked through the Duma, the lower house of parliament, which will vote tomorrow on all three readings of the Bill. Deputies usually take weeks to consider legislation over three readings before passing it into law.

Mr Putin fanned the belief that he is preparing for a comeback as president by pointedly refusing to state who would be the first to benefit from a longer term.

“I support Dimitri Medvedev’s proposal. As regards to who can run for the next term and when, it is premature to talk about this,” he said after a meeting with Matti Vanhanen, the Finnish Prime Minister.

[galaxy21]

6. Putin is the Chuck Norris of world leaders

I dislike him, but he makes no apologies for who he is. You have to respect that.

[bushmeister0]

8. This seems to be a reaccuring theme with Putin

Back in August he complained:

"Of course, Saddam Hussein ought to have been hanged for destroying several Shiite villages,' Putin said in Moscow. 'And the incumbent Georgian leaders who razed ten Ossetian villages at once, who ran elderly people and children with tanks, who burned civilian alive in their sheds — these leaders must be taken under protection.'"

[galaxy21]

9. Hey, we can trust Putin! Don't you know Bush looked into his eyes and saw his soul?