In a chilly summit prelude, President Bush blocked Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization on Saturday and President Vladimir Putin mockingly said Moscow doesn't want the kind of violence-plagued democracy the United States has fostered in Iraq.
What I shouldn't have been surprised by but it absolutely stupefied me and obviously Putin and everyone else! was Bush suggesting that Russia model its democracy after Iraqs. What? Putin rightly said he did not want a democracy like Iraq's He got some laughs but he is right, Iraq is not and will not be a democracy! Bush must be the only one on the planet that has always been too stupid to see that.
What really stunned me and sealed defeat for Bush in this meeting was his next move!
He turned down Putin on joining the WTO then flew to meet with Russian dissidents. Bush characterized the participants as "young, vibrant Russian activists who, first, love their country, secondly, care deeply about the form of government of the country, and, third, care deeply about the human condition in their country."
Bush told reporters that he had assured the 15 participants that the United States "cares about the form of government in Russia, that we believe in the universal values embedded in democracy."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-summit15jul15,1,6710279.story?coll=la-headlines-world
He said some of them asked him to deliver messages to Putin, "which I'd be more than happy to do." That is okay but this sends a terrible message to a very shaky ally that Bush says he does not want to criticize him publicly but always does and belittles him routinely!
James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com
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