How on Earth are Chavez, Chirac, and Putin "nasty thugs"? Chavez and Putin are possibly the two most popular leaders on the planet. Putin by any standard is one of the most successful.
-- Eric Beck:
It's all about forming an alliance against the U.S., and really any nasty thug that tries to fill that role, even occasionally, will do--Putin, Chavez, Ahmadinejad, Nasrallah, Chirac, whoever.
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