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| Gorby (Hearts) Hamas |
| 2006-02-27 |
| Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday warned the United States against unilateralism in global affairs and hailed the Kremlin's invitation for Hamas to visit Moscow, criticizing the West for trying to shun the organization. Gorbachev said the United States had failed to use the end of the Cold War for purposes of global development and abused its position as the world's only superpower. "There is only one superpower now and it doesn't know what to do with its status," Gorbachev said at a meeting with foreign reporters. "As a result, we got Yugoslavia and Iraq, and the situation has only got worse." Gorbachev also strongly backed Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to Hamas to visit Moscow, saying that the move offers an opportunity to draw the it into the peace process. "It offers a chance," Gorbachev said. "It must be supported by common efforts." Gorbachev criticized the US approach to Hamas' victory, saying that attempts to isolate the group that swept the elections were a manifestation of "double standards. |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #10 somebody take a cloth and wipe that off! |
| Posted by: Lt. Frank G Drebbin 2006-02-27 22:38 |
| #9 Gorbachev has been taking the Jimmy Carter astute elder statesman course. A little more restrained than the Al Gore course, but just as irrelevant. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-02-27 22:34 |
| #8 Come on, Joe. Easy on the Caps. It's like reading a telegram from Hades actually, more like a draft copy of a Hillary(!) speech |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-27 22:21 |
| #7 Shieldwolf, Roger that re: John Paul as well as Reagan. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-02-27 22:16 |
| #6 Come on, Joe. Easy on the Caps. It's like reading a telegram from Hades. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-02-27 22:11 |
| #5 As a poster on the Net said yesterday, WE'RE A SOCIALIST NATION MOVING TOWARDS COMMUNISM BUT THE LEFT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO STOP IT. *SAVE CLINTONIAN LEFTSOCIALIST AND COMMIE-MAJORITY AMERIKA FROM BUSH AND THE COMMIES;, SAVE [HATED] FASCIST = [BELOVED]LIMITED COMMIE AMERIKA FROM THE COMMIES; SAVE AMERICA FROM BUSH AND THE COMMIES - VOTE DEMOCRAT, VOTE HILLARY, VOTE FOR THE LEFT!? GOP-CONSERVATIVE FASCIST SOCIALIST MALE BRUTES MUST BE SAVED BY LAISSEZ FAIRE = REGULATOR/ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE COMMMIE SOCIALIST MOTHERS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-02-27 21:54 |
| #4 Actually, it was Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II acting in concert that brought down the Evil Empire. Reagan provided the external pressures, while John Paul supported the internal dissent. The Iron Curtain was hard and brittle, and all those little hammer taps both inside and out shattered it. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-02-27 21:50 |
| #3 Nah, that was Reagan. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-02-27 19:21 |
| #2 Gorby the man who destroyed the Russian empire that took 700 years to build. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-02-27 18:55 |
| #1 Batting cleanup for the FSU is Mikhail Gorbachev, still trying to hit above the PineTree Line, Gorby brings a lot of fans to the ballpark, but unless Larry King is pitching Gorby's on base average is less than .100. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-02-27 18:41 |