Comrade Obama

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

I suspect that President "Comrade" Obama is quite proud of this achievement.

Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks, saying the US president "can listen" -- even if little progress was made on substance.

The Russian president contrasted Obama as "totally different" to his predecessor George W. Bush, whom he blamed for the "mistake" of US missile shield plans fiercely opposed by Moscow.

Obama agreed to visit Moscow in July after his talks with Medvedev on Wednesday on the sidelines of a G20 summit in London aimed at fixing the battered world economy.

Obama - "I believe that we managed to establish contact. But Moscow lies ahead. I cannot say that we made much progress on the most serious issues," he told reporters, adding: "Let's wait and see."

Medvedev - "I liked the talks. It is easy to talk to him. He can listen. The start of this relationship is good," he said, adding: "Today it's a totally different situation (compared to Bush)... This suits me quite well."

Allllll righty then...

[Dawg]

Oh boy.................it won't be very long now.

Vhere are your paypuurs sir. Vee must sii vhem now, orduurs uv Khomvrade Obama!!!

[wtnhunt]

Good listener maybe, but what he does with what he has sink in is what will matter. We will see.

No doubt it will be interesting to see how that relationship might unfold. Obama might get himself in a bit of a catch22 on the world stage with backing down. Surely some of those European folks who like the idea of our defense system will not be so happy about this news.