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posted at 10:35 pm on August 14, 2008 by Allahpundit
“Bush himself did not want a war in South Ossetia but his Republican Party did not leave him any choice.”
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yeah baby #1
Roger Waters on August 14, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Are you sure that’s RUSSIAN propaganda?
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on August 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Talk about filtering events through your own world view: seems the Russians think The Party(s) control the U.S. government the way they do in Russia.
Kalifornia Kafir on August 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Yeah, it was really the Republican Party that invaded Georgia. Not Russia.
Frigging moron.
mjk on August 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM
I had no idea.
But it does make an awful lot of sense.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:41 PM
No, that was a Keith Olbermann commentary, right?
SteveMG on August 14, 2008 at 10:41 PM
That bothers me. Russia was at war with Georgia and said the Americans engineered it. Now he’s saying those evil Americans are engineering a conflict with the Ukraine. Is that a sign of things to come?
amerpundit on August 14, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Markov is a known professional propagandist.
freevillage on August 14, 2008 at 10:43 PM
It sure smells like it.
Patrick S on August 14, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Looks like the Russians want Obama to win the election. They are trying to spin their own actions as a ploy by the U.S. to get McCain elected.
Unbelievable propaganda. Of course, NBC News will believe the crap spilled by the Kremlin.
jencab on August 14, 2008 at 10:45 PM
I wonder if Vesti FM has any cultural exchanges with Air America.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Yeah………….. that reads about right.
/sarc off
…………….. vomit!
Seven Percent Solution on August 14, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Did you read the comments section of the Times? Some of the readers buy into the Russian view of events.
DerKrieger on August 14, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Old Conventional Wisdom Putin = Boris Badenov
New Conventional Wisdom: Putin = Adolf Hitler
Newest Conventional Wisdom: Putin acts like Hitler, talks like Boris
jgapinoy on August 14, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Comrade………. will you be going back to fight for the “Mother Land”?
Seven Percent Solution on August 14, 2008 at 10:50 PM
They were much more specific about this confusion before:
From Time
progressoverpeace on August 14, 2008 at 10:51 PM
I’ll bet PRAVDA is having fun with the US/Poland missile defense story.
jgapinoy on August 14, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Barack Obama–the candidate of the Kremlin.
malan89 on August 14, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Well this explains the “McCain ’08″ stickers I saw on all those Georgian tanks.
Weight of Glory on August 14, 2008 at 10:54 PM
BaghdadKGB Bob?MsUnderestimated on August 14, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Pravda’s a fun read, isn’t it? The headlines themselves are comedy gold.
malan89 on August 14, 2008 at 10:55 PM
That would be awesome.
Even better, yet, The Russian tanks with the “Obama. President” sticker that is the image from O Force One’s captain’s chair.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Moscow’s rippin’ off Robert Sheer.
soundingboard on August 14, 2008 at 10:57 PM
If you’re looking for good analysis and good solid info on what’s happening on the ground in Georgia go here. Fred Kagan was one of the architects of the surge and he’s doing solid work at his think tank’s website there. Good stuff on Iraq too.
The Apologist on August 14, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I’m glad that we have Putin as our toady! I’d be worried if wasn’t wrapped around Bush’s finger.
lorien1973 on August 14, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Has Val Plame weighed in on this yet? What about Nan Fran and Harry? When do the congressional inquisitions start? The Dems got sidetracked by Global Warming (see Big Wind Investments) and forgot to keep an eye on Darth Cheney. Men get shot for not keeping both eyes on him.
Cold Steel on August 14, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Yah, breath in deeply da polonium-210 little capitalistic nations and drink plenty of da koolaid
Kini on August 14, 2008 at 11:04 PM
I see the Kremlin will be wrting the left’s talking points again.
NotCoach on August 14, 2008 at 11:07 PM
GAY!
mylegsareswollen on August 14, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Or vice-versa.
Hard to tell nowadays.
Strange times we live in, very strange.
SteveMG on August 14, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Okay,I want names,and the business’s who have
been ilegally shipping Liberal kooloaid to the
USSR.
It better not have Code Pinko’s figerprints on
this one! haha:)
canopfor on August 14, 2008 at 11:12 PM
freevillage on August 14, 2008 at 10:43 PM –
And people are buying it. Sad, but true, in Moscow and here in America.
coldwarrior on August 14, 2008 at 11:14 PM
thats the brand name,kooloaid koolaid!
another botched spelling mistake,good grief!
canopfor on August 14, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Cold Steel on August 14, 2008 at 11:03 PM –
I see that my former colleague, vacuous Valerie, has lost her appeal in federal court. Pretty much ends her fifteen minutes of fame.
coldwarrior on August 14, 2008 at 11:15 PM
canopfor on August 14, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Liberal kool-aid is a USSR-export, not an import. Our media types are a little better at passing it around, however.
Cold Steel on August 14, 2008 at 11:15 PM
MSNBC…phone home!
AUINSC on August 14, 2008 at 11:18 PM
plenty of da koolaid..
Kini on Aug 14,2008 at 11:04PM.
Kini: Sounds like Russia is going to get a nice
Hawiian Punch! haha:)
canopfor on August 14, 2008 at 11:18 PM
you know you’re doing something right when dictators and communists hate you…
Kaptain Amerika on August 14, 2008 at 11:20 PM
How dare the Kremlin steal the talking points of the Democrats prior to the Convention!!
Oh, and the Dick Cheney thing has already been covered months ago on ace of spades, with world events being shaped by the mere suggestion that the ‘big unit’s ‘big unit’ can make grown men cower and women cry at the mere mention of the VP’s hinterregions.
Matter of fact, if Cheney slapped Putin across the face with his ubermember, there wouldn’t be a conflict at all. Just surrender. It’d be like Mr. T. in the 70′s. ‘I feel sorrah fo the suckah.’ That’d be it.
pistolero on August 14, 2008 at 11:22 PM
The Russians seem to be doing all the punching my friend.
I’m waiting for Dennis Kucinich to start screaming impeachment.
Oh, that’s right…. never mind….
Kini on August 14, 2008 at 11:24 PM
This looks like a job for a Truther
Kini on August 14, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Rove, you magnificent bastard.
WisCon on August 14, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Well, Hamas endorses Obama. Now Russia is doing the same.
exhelodrvr on August 14, 2008 at 11:31 PM
I’m not surprised of all the Lefty talking points
that Russia has printed,but I know one thing,
The liberals are destroying their own country!
Russia see’s the Liberal Democrat version of
America as gospel truth!
Really,really superb Libs,all your stories about
President Bush,all of them lies,btw,have made your
very own country the most dangerous place on the planet!
Every Dictator,thinks and believes the way the left see things,LIBERALS:”Mission Accomplished”!
The DNC must be so proud!
canopfor on August 14, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Perhaps the new goal is to encourage the imnpeachment process, all the while getting an unfortunate presidential candidate elected. While the lib’rons are looking to impeach Bush, tossing the bum out in January of 2009 after serving a full two terms, there’ll need to be plans made that same month for an inaugural sorta celebration, while the media and Zero try to figure out what happened.
pistolero on August 14, 2008 at 11:35 PM
I hate laptop keyboards, btw.
pistolero on August 14, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Just wait ’til they learn that Darth Cheney didn’t sell Poland a few missiles but a fully operational Death Star…
elgeneralisimo on August 14, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Pistolero,
Use the force. A true evil conservative can channel his thoughts and make the freaking keyboard type it’s master’s wishes (see Firefox, Clint Eastwood). Bush-hitler/Rove/Darth Cheney regularly use this method, causing record windfall oil profits, random ozone holes, and various human rights abuses around the globe.
Cold Steel on August 14, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Putin is obviously just jealous of Cheney.
phronesis on August 14, 2008 at 11:50 PM
This pleases me.
This pleases me greatly.
wise_man on August 14, 2008 at 11:50 PM
The Russians must think that Cheney
ishas a bigger dick than we already know of, figuratively, of course.After I quit laughing myself silly, I’ll tell you what the truth is….
Ok, contain yourself E – the devil you know so well, is still black (no, I’m not a racist and I’m talking about Putin/Russia), has horns, and is very hairy. He was just lurching for a while, and stuffing his pockets. His sheep/lemmings are even more foolish than they once were. He peaked, and the coast was clear.
His calculation is this – he wants to fight the U.S., literally and psychologically, oil et all, and doesn’t want to negotiate with a peacenick who’s for “hope” ‘n “change”.
It’s him who wants McCain. I said it when the conflict started and I stand by that reasoning. He detests nuance, civility and negotiation. It’s not in his blood, his background, training, and raison d’être.
But just like the blacks are a minority majority in the U.S., and in a few years will be overshadowed by the Latino contingent, so Russia will be a blip when China dominates the world.
There’s one huge difference among the two populations, the Chinese are extremely laborious, and don’t exist to drink. They’re not easily fooled and I hope they will revolt some day.
I have no hope whatever for the Russians, who had a chance at being free, and didn’t take it. Now it will be forever too late.
Entelechy on August 14, 2008 at 11:50 PM
phronesis.
The clinical term is light-saber envy. Refer to Nancy Pelosi for an example of a terminal case.
Cold Steel on August 14, 2008 at 11:51 PM
Russia is testing not only a lame duck US administration and a squishy West, but also the international media. We criticize the media relentlessly, and they deserve it. But now, and I mean right now, is the time for journalists with human decency, left right and center, to call out this propaganda for what it is. Cynicism and opposition, even dissent, are mosquito bites when compared to what’s at stake here.
RushBaby on August 14, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Entelechy.
First rule of referencing Cheney in any blog post is to refer to him as Dick with a capital D. Respectfully, please correct and resubmit. We’re nothing without standards.
Cold Steel on August 14, 2008 at 11:57 PM
I wonder if the Russian people are stupid enough to believe that?
If Tsar Putin actually thought that Georgia was not a real democracy, he wouldn’t have nearly the animosity that he has for it.
Dealing with Russia is certainly the biggest foreign policy/military “issue” that the United States now has. All else pales.
MB4 on August 14, 2008 at 11:58 PM
MB4
Putin is a slick bastard using the Olympics as cover for his blitzkrieg on Georgia. It’s all about power politics and he’s got to strike it while it’s hot. I’m in agreement with you. We can’t bury this and hope it goes away. These power plays with China and the old Soviet Bloc are frequent historical memes. The bear didn’t hibernate long. As an obtuse angle, I think this Poland missile battery is a good start.
Cold Steel on August 15, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Putin would be a KOS reader. A Kossak if you will.
- The Cat
MirCat on August 15, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Last baby! YEAH!
EdGruberman on August 15, 2008 at 12:10 AM
It would lose its original meaning. It’s not what I would call him, ever. I think he’s great. It’s what I conveyed the Russians meant to tell the naive sheeple of the world. I have no qualms about standards when it comes to the Russians. Nothing makes me more feisty than communists.
I own the original post, and am fully accountable for what I said, and it had nothing to do with disrespecting Mr. Cheney. He’s a blessing to the country, at a time when we needed him most. He could have been richly/lavishly retired, or made lots more money. Same with Rumsfeld.
Entelechy on August 15, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Use the force? Use the freakin’ force? I’m not the droid you’re looking for.
I’ve actually seen the Darth Unit obscure the sun, cause crops to fail and dlskn dlijont ioit.
Stupid laptop keyboards, anyway.
pistolero on August 15, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Man, I haven’t seen this much propaganda since the hype over “Snakes on a Plane”
Lincoln on August 15, 2008 at 12:17 AM
The SciFi channel is running the 1983 movie “The Day After”.
Does this mean the anti-nuke protests will be starting up again?
I need more popcorn.
rockhauler on August 15, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Why? I think they kick asses fairly well without me.
freevillage on August 15, 2008 at 12:24 AM
…… fixed it for ya, ivan, why don’t you take on someone who can shoot back?
Seven Percent Solution on August 15, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Something tells me any place improves once you leave.
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Cheney ’08!
Wyoming Cowboy.. Oh Yeah!!
If we can’t change the Constitution and elect Bush to a 3rd! I vote for Cheney! Putin would be a footnote in the dustbin of history!
Texas Gal on August 15, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Last post before heading to bed…
Once upon a time we read the foreign press, especially the official state-controlled foreign press and looked at subjects raised and the relative exhortations to the people regarding each.
One thing remained constant. If there was no problem in a particular area, as expressed in the official state-controlled press, then things on the ground in that area were cooking along with no spikes or dips.
When we saw the state-controlled press going way over the top on an issue, from hygiene to the number of tires produced by Zavod imeni Lenina we knew that things in that area were not going well.
When we saw that some act or action on the part of the state was being hit time and again, with raised volume, something in their game plan was not going exactly according to the program…
Yes, a lot of it was propaganda, is propaganda, but raising the volume of the issue of Georgia and now spreading across to Poland and Ukraine, and how the GOP has taken over the White House and Bush is a captive of Cheney and the neo-cons…that raises some important issues for contemplation.
Is Putin’s program moving along flawlessly? If so, seems it would not be a matter for the state-controlled press at this time, unless celebrating successes, or until final objectives had been met and then celebratory articles and editorials and official congratulations from the
politburolRussian national security council would be published.Ratcheting up the volume for internal consumption at this point means possibly that the Russians are not 100% behind Putin, or that some error in the program has been encountereed, or that this ruse of blaming the GOP might signal a desire to “rescue” Bush in order that Bush could be consulted directly by Putin, saving face for both, toward a reasonable settlement of the current issue.
Just a hypothesis based on what I have seen from the Russian official press and comments from Medvedev, Lavrov in the past 24 hours.
coldwarrior on August 15, 2008 at 12:31 AM
Hey, look, the elephant squished an ant, and is proud of it.
So sad.
Entelechy on August 15, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Better fix yourself as the idea of your kind multiplying is truly frightening. Show me a picture of killed civilians, you brainwashed idiot.
freevillage on August 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM
freevillage, are you proud of Russia of today? If so, which elements are you proud of?
Entelechy on August 15, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Oh, I like quiz games!!! These are the possible answers.
1) There lack of regard for human life?
2) There being all out sons-of-#itches?
3) There being barbarians?.
3) There being chronic drunks?
MB4 on August 15, 2008 at 12:45 AM
ThereTheirThereTheirThereTheirThereTheirMB4 on August 15, 2008 at 12:46 AM
In a “Free Country” every time a civilian stubbed a toe in Iraq, it was all over our left wing media……..
In “your press”, the “Mother Land” can do no wrong, unless you question it……… try sticking this up your a## for starters and I’ll get back to you after true pictures can be smuggled out of the area…….. and when it does, and I am sure it will, what next……………? Global Climate Change will be your excuse? You have the IQ equal to an ant, and that is an insult to the ant…..
Seven Percent Solution on August 15, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Ain’t gonna say it…ain’t gonna…
Oh, hell…
Aw, there there, MB4. It’s OK.
:-)
coldwarrior on August 15, 2008 at 12:49 AM
No “all of the above?”
phronesis on August 15, 2008 at 12:50 AM
You win the cigar!!!
MB4 on August 15, 2008 at 12:51 AM
The most anti-American, anti-Western news outfit in the world: Al-Jazeera.
Now cut the shit.
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 12:51 AM
Human Rights Watch has been talking about it since Monday.
Russians who see this and maintain their nationalism are animals.
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 12:55 AM
freevillage……………?
freevillage……………?
freevillage……………?
freevillage……………?
freevillage……………?
Seven Percent Solution on August 15, 2008 at 12:58 AM
They are. What the Tsars and the Communists have done to the Russian psyche over hundreds of years, their acolytes have been working on doing to Americans for about 80. Fanatics in the media and academia have created a gullible class in America that is as eager to be manipulated as the Russians. They are called Democrats.
drunyan8315 on August 15, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Oh, he’s ignoring me. He claims I’m a “known liar”. This appears to be new knowledge that came about just since I’ve started challenging his Russia-as-divine worldview.
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Well, there it is. At last, someone has pointed out the geurilla in the room.
RushBaby on August 15, 2008 at 1:09 AM
Imagine this.. Iraqi were locked in a cage for about 30 years and how long did it take us to bring them out.. will it take..
The Russians had been locked in that cage for longer and unfortunately yes they are that stupid, at least the older population and those who have no money. The lesser States have had less substance from the EU than the major States even since the fall. Lot of resentment about that from the lesser Eastern Bloc. America is doing their part with those lesser States to help them move ahead. But the EU has not.
Texas Gal on August 15, 2008 at 1:10 AM
merriam-webster.com
freevillage = Main Entry: dolt
Pronunciation: \ˈdōlt\
Function: noun
Etymology: probably akin to Old English dol foolish
Date: 1553
: a stupid person
— dolt·ish \ˈdōl-tish\ adjective
— dolt·ish·ly adverb
— dolt·ish·ness noun
Seven Percent Solution on August 15, 2008 at 1:12 AM
You should work for Obama.
Rhinoboy on August 15, 2008 at 1:12 AM
I guess one trade off would be thats one way to improve Cheney’s approval rating.
We won the cold war now we’re losing the hot peace.
Losing either isn’t an option.
Don’t be afraid to build a strong, independent America.
Speakup on August 15, 2008 at 1:12 AM
Difference between a strong word and a profanity-laden tirade. You should join the group that made the “Maybe 100…that’d be fine with me” ad.
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 1:15 AM
10 bucks says these cartoons are making the rounds in the motherland.
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 1:21 AM
I’m sure this sounded good when you typed it, yet it didn’t translate.
Rhinoboy on August 15, 2008 at 1:22 AM
If English isn’t your first language, maybe you should brush up.
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 1:24 AM
YES!
CP on August 15, 2008 at 1:25 AM
Or brush up on spittly full-diaper baby screeching.
Rhinoboy on August 15, 2008 at 1:26 AM
Is this English enough for you: ??????????????????
RushBaby on August 15, 2008 at 1:32 AM
Rhinoboy on August 15, 2008 at 1:33 AM
Rhinoboy, quit harping on the adorable MadisonConservative. He is a true gentleman. It’s a miracle often, given the irritation, that we don’t loose our tempers more than we do.
Now, have a great night both of you, and dream of beautiful and interestingly intelligent ladies.
And you my dear RushBaby, be embraced,
Entelechy on August 15, 2008 at 1:36 AM
With that I’m off to bed. You girls have a nice evening.
Rhinoboy on August 15, 2008 at 1:36 AM
RINOBoy, if you can’t even make a post that’s remotely related to the topic, kindly paint a yellow stripe across yourself and go take a nap in the middle of the freeway.
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 1:38 AM
Madi….. you just posted what is taught these days in Journalism 101. No one but them were supposed to see it.
…… let them squeal like a stuck pig, the truth always hurts, like light to a cockroach’s eye……..
Seven Percent Solution on August 15, 2008 at 1:39 AM
You flatter me, beautiful vampire. Enjoy your evening, but in moderation! ;)
MadisonConservative on August 15, 2008 at 1:39 AM
Dearest Madison, always all in moderation, including moderation :)
Entelechy on August 15, 2008 at 1:42 AM
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