CNN.com - Putin: Why talk to child killers? - Sep 7, 2004
"Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?" the Russian president was quoted as saying by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Tuesday.
"You find it possible to set some limitations in your dealings with these bastards, so why should we talk to people who are child-killers?" said Putin, who spoke to a group of foreign journalists and academics late on Monday.
See, this is why you don't do the whole "go it alone" tack with people unless you constantly want to be accused of being hypocritical in your dealings with countries who may (or may not) be being unreasonable. Congratulations, George -- apparently foriegn policy requires a little more finesse than your administration is capable of mustering up.
"Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?" the Russian president was quoted as saying by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Tuesday.
"You find it possible to set some limitations in your dealings with these bastards, so why should we talk to people who are child-killers?" said Putin, who spoke to a group of foreign journalists and academics late on Monday.
See, this is why you don't do the whole "go it alone" tack with people unless you constantly want to be accused of being hypocritical in your dealings with countries who may (or may not) be being unreasonable. Congratulations, George -- apparently foriegn policy requires a little more finesse than your administration is capable of mustering up.
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