Medvedev praises Comrade Obama after milestone meeting

[canetoad]

Source: The Age (Melbourne)

RUSSIA'S Dmitry Medvedev has hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" after their first face-to-face talks, saying the US President "can listen" — even if little progress was made on substance.

The Russian President on Thursday contrasted Mr Obama as "totally different" to his predecessor, George Bush, whom he blamed for the "mistake" of US missile shield plans fiercely opposed by Moscow. Mr Obama agreed to visit Moscow in July, after his talks with Mr Medvedev on Wednesday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in London aimed at fixing the battered world economy.

"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," Mr Medvedev said.

"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."


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/world/medvedev-praises-comrade-obama-after-milestone-meeting-20090403-9qq2.html

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This will cause some heads to explode.

[polichick]

1. OMG, Obama is a Communist!!!!

:sarcasm:

[HeresyLives]

2. That used to mean

my new 'friend', my 'buddy', or the military 'comrade-in-arms'.

[iamthebandfanman]

7. it still does, unless ur a wing-nut n/t

[Canuckistanian]

9. Exactly. The Communists didn't invent that word.

It doesn't exactly mean "friend" but rather "compadre" or "fellow citizen".

[Joe Chi Minh]

16. A fellow citizen, you have duties towards and expectations of. Another member of the

human race. As John Donne, put it so beautifully:

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

http://www.poetry-online.org/donne_for_whom_the_bell_tolls.htm

[alsame]

3. OMG, the

Freepers were right!

:sarcasm:

[county worker]

5. Yep, Obama is going to Moscow to take lessen in socialism and communism.

:sarcasm:

[alsame]

6. Oh, that trip to Russia will make heads explode. Count on it! n/t

[theoldman]

4. I sure hope Obama did not look into his eyes.

Medvedev appears to be level headed. He also does not have Putin's ego problem

[Sultana]

8. When Obama won the election

the next day, Medvedev fired a warning to America about some missile thingy (can't remember).

And look now, Medvedev is all starry eyed like a school girl, lol.

[Thor_MN]

10. Bush = millstone, Obama = milestone?

[Betsy Ross]

11. Great news. Thanks for posting.

There's nothing wrong with a President that can communicate with others without getting hostile.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. haha, the Repubs heads are going to explode!

[acmavm]

13. This is excellent news. At least the credibility factor is going to climb with

foreign leaders. Even if they don't agree with Obama, they will respect him. That's a complete 180.

[msongs]

14. who cares what he thinks really. He is bush to putin's cheney probably nt

[The Second Stone]

15. Medvedev looked into Obama's eyes and saw his soul

and knew he was a man not nearly as much of a sociopathic asshole as Bush.