Ugandan President Hails Closer Ties With Russia After U.S. Criticizes Anti-Gay Bill

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/ugandan-president-threatens-to-work-with-the-russians-if-us



Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held up closer ties to Russia — which has successfully bucked western outrage over its law against “homosexual propaganda” — as a possible response to U.S. pressure to reject its own Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

Museveni made the remarks on Friday, Feb. 21, responding to President Barack Obama’s statement that the bill would “complicate” the relationship between Uganda and the U.S. Museveni signed the law, which imposes up to a lifetime prison sentence for homosexuality and criminalizes LGBT rights advocacy, on Monday.

“The Russians work with us, they don’t mix up their politics with our politics, they just do what we agree on,” Museveni said during a visit to the Ugandan Air Force’s headquarters in Entebbe to commission a Russian-built Sukhoi-30 military flight simulator. Apparently referring to Obama, Museveni continued, “If you see someone who goes into other people’s homes and starts giving instructions — do this, do that — you know there is something wrong with him…This is my home, you have got your home. you go back to your house.”

Museveni has been pursuing military ties to Russia since at least 2011, when his government reportedly ordered six Sukhoi fighter jets for more than $700 million. The purchase caused an uproar in Uganda, because Museveni went over the heads of lawmakers to use Bank of Uganda funds to acquire the aircraft.

[Vinnie From Indy]

1. Somebody should send the Ugandan Prez some "Visit Arizona" or Tea Party T-Shirts

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[MNBrewer]

2. The Russian/African Anti-Gay Axis of Evil

This is the new polarity. The West (North and South America, Europe) vs. the East (Russia, Africa, Islamic Nations).