Clueless in St. Petersburg

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Saturday July 15, 2006 · 8:47 AM PDT

2006/07/15 · 08:47

From CNN, Bush urges the model of "Iraq democracy" on a what-must-be-assumed-to-be-astonished Vladimir Putin:

"I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world, like Iraq where there's a free press and free religion, and I told him that a lot of people in our country would hope that Russia would do the same," Bush said.

This on a day when we get the following news from AP:

Gunmen kidnapped the head of Iraq's Olympic committee and more than a dozen employees Saturday after storming a sports conference in Baghdad, police said.... Ahmed al-Hijiya, president of the committee, was taken in the assault, which came a day after the coach of Iraq's national wrestling team was killed by kidnappers, said police Lt. Thaer Mahmoud.
... In other violence, Iraqi soldiers and gunmen clashed in Baghdad, leaving at least three people dead and 11 wounded, police said. Seven people were injured in a mortar attack near Haifa Street in downtown Baghdad, blocks from the Green Zone, which houses U.S. and British embassies and the Iraqi government. Similar clashes broke out blocks away, injuring four and killing two civilians. U.S. troops sealed off the area after the attacks, said Iraqi Army Maj. Salman Abdul-Wahid.
... Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to extend a nearly two-year state of emergency in Baghdad for another 30 days.

Hell, yes. That's a model we want to push worldwide, heaven knows.

You gotta wonder what the expression was on Putin's face when he replied: We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy that they have in Iraq, quite honestly.

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