Ronald Reagan Statue Unveiled in Tbilisi

[jakeXT]

Ronald Reagan Statue Unveiled in Tbilisi

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A statue to former U.S. President Ronald Reagan was unveiled in downtown Tbilisi by President Saakashvili and the U.S. congressional delegation on November 23 with the Georgian leader saying at the ceremony that the statue was symbolizing the difference between the ideologies of Georgia and its northern neighbor.

The bronze statue, depicting a smiling Reagan sitting on a bench with crossed legs, was unveiled in the Rike Park.

“Leader of our invader state has announced that the collapse of the Soviet Union – the Soviet Union which was collapsed by Ronald Reagan – was the 20th century’s biggest geopolitical catastrophe,” Saakashvili said during the unveiling ceremony, referring to Russia’s PM Vladimir Putin.

“Several days ago in the north from us creation of Eurasian Union was announced, which has been bluntly declared to be a new version of the Soviet Union,” Saakashvili said.

http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=24178

[trusty elf]

1. .........

[Zorra]

2. Toppling the false idol? nt

[yurbud]

4. every statue of Reagan needs a Guy Fawkes mask

[Lasher]

3. Wonder who paid for that statue.

I smell the Reagan Legacy Project.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Saakashvili can't resist goading the bear

and while a statue of St. Ronnie is probably not sufficient rationale for re-invading Georgia, I'm sure it'll get mentioned when Russian tanks roll into Tbisili...again.

[pacalo]

6. It should have looked like this...

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Put in a few smothering middle-class folk between the bags and the base

and it'll be perfect :)

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[LuvNewcastle]

9. Each statue of Reagan should have

a hollow head stuffed with rotten meat.

[Lost-in-FL]

10. I like the irony.

This art piece will fully convey the accomplishments of capitalism in the Reaganomics era the moment a homeless or drunken person lays there to take a nap.

[jakeXT]

12. Sitting and hugging him is probably more likely / nt

[madrchsod]

11. wow! that`s better than the ronnie on the horse statue and...

the other crappy statue of him. sometimes it sucks to live in his hometown....