geez is this guy dropping bad acid or what?
>[from Johnson's Russia List]
>
>Zhirinovsky says West shows weakness to Love Bug
>By Elizabeth Piper
>
>MOSCOW, May 5 (Reuters) - Flamboyant Russian nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovksy
>poked fun on Friday at the Love Bug computer virus which has crippled
>computer systems around the world, calling it yet another example of the
>West's weakness.
>
>The Love Bug, a virus carried in an e-mail attachment saying ``ILOVEYOU,''
>has wrought havoc with more than a million computers and cost over $1 billion
>worldwide.
>
>``A virus appears on computers in the West with a short phrase 'I Love You'.
>That can be decoded as 'From Russia With Love','' Zhirinovsky told reporters,
>referring to a film in the James Bond series.
>
>Zhirinovsky, who heads what he calls the ``patriotic'' Liberal Democratic
>Party (LDPR), said Moscow had paid too much heed to the West.
>
>The bug, he said, clearly showed that Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin
>would do better to turn his attention to countries such as Iran, Iraq and
>Afghanistan.
>
>``The West's hot passionate kisses are just false. Even women understand that
>when a man kisses her passionately from head to toe he's actually her enemy,
>I mean it's love only for a few hours,'' said Zhirinovsky, who has written a
>book on sex.
>
>Zhirinovksy criticised lenders like the International Monetary Fund for
>making a $1 billion Russian credit for this year subject to conditions. He
>said leaders in Iran and Iraq had told him they were willing to pay large
>parts of Russian debts in return for increased trade and economic
>cooperation.
>
>``Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, they want our goods, and will give us their
>goods, and give us their money...and we will see excellent economic
>development,'' Zhirinovsky said.
>
>Zhirinovsky, who has regularly backed Kremlin initiatives despite rambling,
>often frenetic speeches against various leaders, said Russia was entering a
>new epoch under Putin.
>
>``It is the birth of Russia's power,'' he said of Putin, who is to be
>inaugurated at the weekend. ``Patriotic power.''