Most of the foreign policy intrigue in the US presidential race so far has focused on Israel, but Russian President Vladimir Putin took an opportunity to insinuate himself unusually directly in the race, praising President Obama while lashing his opponent, former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney.
While cheering a “sincere” Obama, Putin told interviewers that he believes a missile defense deal could be reached with the United States “if current President Obama is re-elected for a second term.”
This of course harkens back to early Spring, when Obama was caught with a live microphone at a closed-door meeting pleading with then-President Dmitry Medvedev to wait on the missile defense system until “after my election.”
Putin seemed considerably less favorable toward Romney, saying that he was “obviously wrong” is saying that Russia was America’s primary enemy abroad, and saying that he hoped Romney was only saying that to try to get votes.
Putin went on to criticize the US for backing Syrian rebel blocks, including some that have ties to al-Qaeda, calling it a short-sighted policy and suggesting that if the US is short on militants for the Syrian Civil War they could always empty out Guantanamo Bay.
First of all US "elections" is a joke. A choice between two identical parties who own themselves to the "New York money men" 1%´ers for their campaigns is no choice now is it? And secondly it always comes down to please those 0.2% Jewish Americans and israel , many of whom feels represented by that middle eastern pariah and their American lobby. Putin knows this of course and dont misses a chance to ridicule an anglo-american president or candidate grovelling in the dirt before AIPAC….
empty gitmo…heh
because emptying Libya's jails and freeing Salafist Islamic assassins wasn't enough…obviously.
heh. Putin scores points.