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During a press conference today at the G8 summit in Russia, President Bush told President Vladimir Putin that Americans want Russia to develop a free press and free religion “like Iraq.” To laughter and applause, Putin responded: “We certainly would not want to have same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, quite honestly.” CNN’s Ed Henry called it a “tough jab.”
The Group of Eight (G8) consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, these countries represent about 65% of the world economy
In 1991, following the end of the Cold War, the USSR (now Russia) began meeting with the G7 after the main summit. This group became known as the P8 (Political 8), or colloquially the "G7 plus 1", starting with the 1994 Naples summit. Russia was allowed to participate more fully beginning in the 1997 political summit, marking the creation of the Group of Eight or G8. Russia was not included in the meeting of financial officials as it is not a significant economic power; "G7" now refers specifically to the meeting of the respective Finance Ministers and Governors of the Central Banks.
At the initiative of then-U.S. President Bill Clinton, "Group of Seven" became the "Group of Eight," with Russia attending most sessions. This was a gesture of appreciation from President Clinton to then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin for pursuing economic reforms, and for their neutrality with respect to the eastward expansion of NATO.
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"I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world like Iraq, where there is a free press and free religion, and I told him that a lot of people in our country would hope Russia would do the same thing," said Bush.
this is embarassing ..... i can't believe he says stuff like this ... maybe the quotes are wrong?
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quote:Originally posted by Relentless Despot.: How would you like to be the poor Ruskie translating Bush's speech? "Hold on hold on... is stratageriumism even a word?"
------------------------------------------------- Over the top, can it be glitch or sumpin...The Lion ate the mouse, me is dumbfouded, how stupid dubya is, just plain dumbfounded.
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Stuff like this ticks me off. Some guy poppin his mouth off. And it's not just political for me. It ticked me off when that guy from France said President Clinton had no backbone. FRANCE! Can you believe it? They haven't had any backbone since Alexander kicked Napolien's butt. Anyway how's things in Russia now days?
JW, the press seems to leaving it alone today. Haven't noticed a peep so far..Fox is on but I've been organising the office [ which once was a living room] and posting so might of missed it, have Fox on mute when the Bose is on..
Did he really have that exchange with Putin?
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Video doesn't lie. I provided a link to it above. And yes, it is embarassing.
quote:Originally posted by glassman: "I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world like Iraq, where there is a free press and free religion, and I told him that a lot of people in our country would hope Russia would do the same thing," said Bush.
this is embarassing ..... i can't believe he says stuff like this ... maybe the quotes are wrong?
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This is just me after reading "Leadership" (some obvious bragging??) but I think Giulianni has what it takes to get some chit done that both parties can agree with...namely, accountability from all sides.
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Giulianni theres a real press made bag of fluff.
We could start as to why he put police command center in the twin towers a known terrorist target. How do we know this after the first time they said they were coming back to finish the job.
This in itself caused wasted time and more deaths.
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