How Bush averted an escalation of the war in Georgia

[Ale]

Exemplary diplomatic skills? strong commitment? his fine insight of Mr Putin’s character? No, en example of how not to do things when you invade a conuntry

With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on Aug. 12, Sarkozy told Putin that the world would not accept the overthrow of Georgia, Levitte said.

“I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls,” Putin replied.

Sarkozy responded: “Hang him?”

“Why not? The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein,” Putin said.

Sarkozy replied, using the familiar “tu”: “Yes but do you want to end up like (President) Bush?”

Putin was briefly lost for words, then said: “Ah, you have scored a point there.”

[Vox_Imperatoris]

That’s hilarious! Especially if you read the rest of the article where it says Saakashvili “laughed nervously” when hearing about it.

“Hang him by the balls.”

Valete,
Vox Imperatoris

[WormTheRed]

Nifty! Just goes to show how alike we all are, and how we react similarly to similar things.

“Diplomacy by setting a bad example”

Soon to be taught at a lecture hall near you.

[Ferret_Herder]

@WormTheRed

Nifty! Just goes to show how alike we all are, and how we react similarly to similar things.

“Diplomacy by setting a bad example”

Soon to be taught at a lecture hall near you.

I think this Demotivator print from despair.com is appropriate here.

[Hello_Again]

“if you can’t be a good example, you’ll just have to be a horrible warning”
I use it as a sig on another MB

[Szlater]

If this is true, then it shows just who is in charge of Russia, Medvedev is just a puppet president.

[Little_Nemo]

If this is true, then it shows just who is in charge of Russia, Medvedev is just a puppet president.

Putin learned that lesson from Cheney.

[Cornelius_Tuggerson]

Putin never made such a statement. Although Saakashvili deserves that and then some.

[Szlater]

@Cornelius_Tuggerson

Putin never made such a statement. Although Saakashvili deserves that and then some.

No, Putin has denied making the statement. Big difference.

And your comment in this thread shows where your biases lie:

@Cornelius Tuggerson

I say its about time the georgians were put back in their place. Their geographical location precludes them from being a pro-western democracy, they are Russia’s buffer zone in case of a foreign invasion, and will continue to be just that as long as the oil and gas money keeps flowing.