Gee, how bad does it have to be when former KGB chief and current Czar of Russia calls you a dictator?
From Reuters:
"Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of pursuing a dictatorial foreign policy and said mounting violence could derail progress toward bringing peace and democracy to Iraq.
Putin also criticized the West for setting double-standards on terrorism, pursuing Islamic fundamentalists in Afghanistan and Iraq while giving refuge to "terrorists" demanding Chechnya's independence from Russia."
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"Even if dictatorship is packaged in beautiful pseudo-democratic phraseology, it will not be able to solve systemic problems," Putin said. "It may even make them worse."
Putin did not name the United States, but clearly had the administration of President Bush in mind when he said policies "based on the barrack-room principles of a unipolar world appear to be extremely dangerous."
I guess there was more reason to move Condi to State than I thought. Re-igniting the cold war would allow her to utilize her field of expertise.
And don't forget this wonderful little quote: ""If this were a dictatorship, it'd be
a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." --- George W. Bush
Gee, the world just gets more and more exciting every day. If only we survive...