On Jul 15, 2006, at 7:40 PM, mike larkin wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/15/russia.g8/index.html?
> section=cnn_world
>
> "...During a joint news conference Saturday in St.
> Petersburg, Bush said he raised concerns about
> democracy in Russia during a frank discussion with the
> Russian leader.
>
> "I talked about my desire to promote institutional
> change in parts of the world, like Iraq where there's
> a free press and free religion, and I told him that a
> lot of people in our country would hope that Russia
> would do the same," Bush said.
>
> To that, Putin replied, "We certainly would not want
> to have the same kind of democracy that they have in
> Iraq, quite honestly."..."
To which W replied, acc to today's NYT, "Just wait."
Putin must think Bush is a moron.
Doug