Condi vs. Zhirik, Round 2?
Filed under: Russia ~ Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Condi Rice is scheduled to be in Moscow on May 15th to try to convince the Russians to give up their objections to the installation of defensive missile systems in their former slave states in Eastern Europe. Whilst we ponder why the Kremlin would have any objections to defensive systems unless it intends to fire offensive missiles at Eastern Europe (or threaten to do so for blackmail purposes), let's recall a prior exchange between Condi and a high-ranking Russian official over a similar topic last year:
"It was not a good week from the point of view of Russia's demonstrating that it is now prepared to act as an energy supplier in a responsible way. When you say you want to be a part of the international economy and you want to be a responsible actor in the international economy, then you play by its rules. I think that kind of behavior is going to continue to draw comment about the distance between Russian behavior and something like this and what would be expected of a responsible member of the G-8."
--U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Russia's efforts to weaponize its energy resources and use them as instruments of imperialism against Ukraine, January 2006
"Condoleezza Rice released a coarse anti-Russian statement. This is because she is a single woman who has no children. She loses her reason because of her late single status. Nature takes it all. Such women are very rough. They are all workaholics, public workaholics. They can be happy only when they are talked and written about everywhere: 'Oh, Condoleezza, what a remarkable woman, what a charming Afro-American lady! How well she can play the piano and speak Russian! What a courageous, tough and strong female she is!' Complex-prone women are especially dangerous. They are like malicious mothers-in-law, women that evoke hatred and irritation with everyone. Everybody tries to part with such women as soon as possible. A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though."
-- Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Leader of Russia's Liberal Democratic Party and Vice Speaker of the Duma, Russia's Lower House of Parliament, responding to Secretary Rice.
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