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| 2004/6/18 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:30891 Activity:insanely high |
6/18 Russian intel on Iraq, Bush polling data re: Reagan, Iraq, 9/11.
The polling data (yahoo link) shouldn't be a big surprise to anyone.
This is the first I've heard of the Russian intel (first link, myway):
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040618/D839DV0O1.html
http://tinyurl.com/2zrg8 (news.yahoo.com)
\_ It seems grudgingly given. "Hey Putin, my man, back the ol'
Dubya up, will ya'?"
\_ Putin has to be the most cynical and venal of all politicians.
You can practically hear the greenbacks changing hands.
\_ Would either of you like to quote Putin being grudging or
cynical in this article?
\_ On the "grudingly given" front, dewd, do you really need
to be told?
\_ Why do you ask? Yes. I need to be told. It would
have been easier for you just to answer instead of
pretending to be smart. My father always said no one
likes a smartass. He was right.
\_ The issue here, is that IMO, it would have been
easier for you to think. I don't think you need
your father to tell you that. And I don't feel
like answering to you, and that's my prerogative.
\_ Jesus Christ, just answer the guy's question or
shut the fuck up. It's not that hard if you
actually have anything to say.
\_ Ok, so it wasn't grudingly given. Thanks for
playing.
\_ Yes, you really do need to back up your assertions if
you want to be taken seriously.
\_ I'm really curious where you guys are getting your feel
for Putin. Are there some websites I can check out?
\_ Cue Ilya, re: Russian politicians.
\_ I meant aside from the fact the Russian
politicians are always venal. Russia would have
been the greatest power in the world from 300 years
ago, if they could ever figure out how to govern
themselves.
\_ What's this have to do with Putin and his alleged
grudging statements in the URL? What you say is
probably true but not on topic.
\_ I meant aside from the fact the Russian politicians
are always venal. Russia would have been the
greatest power in the world from 300 years ago, if
they could ever figure out how to govern themselves.
\_ What does this have to do with Putin or the URL?
\_ It also might help if the Russian men came out
of the bars now and then.
\_ Bars? You confused man. 'Bars' are a western
europe thing. -- ilyas
\_ In Soviet Russia, party comes to YOU!
\_ In Soviet Russia, vodka consumes YOU!
-- ilyas
\_ As the majority of Russians would attest, Putin is probably
the best President/Ruler Russia ever had after a centuries
long succession of drunkards, incompetents, and tyrants.
Back to the topic, it is a well known fact that Bush and
Putin have become good friends and like each other a lot.
Have you noticed they have been seeing each other about
every two months in the recent times? |
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| apnews.myway.com/article/20040618/D839DV0O1.html Full Image ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) - Russia gave the Bush administration intelligence after the September 11 attacks that suggested Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq was preparing attacks in the United States, President Vladimir Putin said Friday. Putin said he couldn't comment on how critical the Russians' information was in the US decision to invade Iraq. He said Russia didn't have any information that Saddam's regime had actually been behind any terrorist acts. He said the United States had thanked Russia for the information. "It's one thing to have information that Saddam's regime is preparing terrorist attacks, (but) we didn't have information that it was involved in any known terrorist attacks," Putin said in the Kazakh capital Astana after regional economic and security summits. Putin said the intelligence didn't cause Russia to waver from its firm opposition to the war. "Despite that information about terrorist attacks being prepared by Saddam's regime, Russia's position on Iraq remains unchanged," Putin said. Putin didn't elaborate on any details of the terror plots or mention whether they were tied to the al-Qaida terror network. President Bush, however, insisted Thursday that Saddam had "numerous contacts" with al-Qaida and said Iraqi agents had met with the terror network's leader, Osama bin Laden, in Sudan. Saddam "was a threat because he had terrorist connections - not only al-Qaida connections, but other connections to terrorist organizations," Bush said. |
| tinyurl.com/2zrg8 -> news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&u=/ap/20040617/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_poll_2&printer=1 web sites) and al-Qaida had a collaborative relationship will have on the polls. The commission's findings raised fresh questions about the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq. Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, said the poll found evidence that Bush got a benefit from the attention paid to the Reagan funeral and the moves toward a handover of power in Iraq. Interviews for the poll started before Reagan's death and continued during the coverage of the extended period of memorials and funerals. "Bush got a little lift last week from the Reagan commemoration," Kohut said. "His (approval) ratings were 44 percent in interviewing done before ... Bush's job approval rating in the poll was 48 percent, up slightly from 44 percent in May, according to the poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The poll of 1,806 adults was taken from June 3-13 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 25 percentage points, slightly higher for the sample of registered voters. Almost six in 10, 57 percent, said the situation in Iraq is going well, up from 46 percent a month earlier. Almost that many, 55 percent, said military action in Iraq was the right decision, up slightly from 51 percent a month earlier. Optimism that US troops will come home in the next two years was up, with 50 percent now saying that compared to 35 percent in April. While the violence in Iraq has continued, much of the recent news coverage has focused on the gradual handover of power to Iraqis. Florida Vote Officials to Talk Felon List (AP) Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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