Bob McCarty Writes

Snakes: Vladimir Putin and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

In a post today, La Russophobe asks a question about Shamil Basayev, a radical Chechen field commander and a human thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The question is as follows:

How would Russians react to a picture of George Bush proudly shaking hands with Shamil Basayev in Grozny?

The question was prompted by the photo at right which shows Putin — a man who is set to be the first Kremlin chief to visit Tehran since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin went in 1943 — shaking hands with George W. Bush’s nemesis Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He continues:

While the whole world condemns the maniacal despot in Tehran, Vladimir Putin makes friends with him and seeks to protect him. It’s barbarism, pure and simple.

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