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2005-01-22 Europe

Lukashenko Lashes Out Bush's Inauguration Speech

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-22 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "I do not want to be a great leader that opposes Americans, NATO, and so on. The Belarussian people have not set these goals for me. But as we live in a democratic and, as they say, free society, we should have the right to say openly what is going on in the world," he said.

Orwellian. This guy is the last surviving stalinist leader in the FSU. Belarus is a nightmare state. He was Putin' On the Ol' Soyuz before Putin was cool.

Posted by lex 2005-01-22 12:23:43 AM|| 2005-01-22 12:23:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "We don't need no steenkin' freedom" and "I surrender" in the same speech...

Posted by Dishman 2005-01-22 12:38:03 AM|| 2005-01-22 12:38:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL Well anyone who tries freedom of speech in in Belarus disappears never to be seen or heard from again.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-22 1:30:00 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-01-22 1:30:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 That is not true, SPoD, and anyone who claims otherwise will be very sorry.

Posted by jackal 2005-01-22 10:49:54 AM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-01-22 10:49:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 jackal my wife works in close contact with a man whose bride is from Belarus. That is the story she is getting from her family. You apprently are not allowed to speak ill of the government.

Posted by Johnny Crocran 2005-01-22 11:14:13 AM|| 2005-01-22 11:14:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Johnny, I think that's why jackal said "anyone who claims otherwise will be very sorry." Better get back to finding the real killer.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-22 11:20:23 AM|| 2005-01-22 11:20:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "This guy is the last surviving stalinist leader in the FSU". Well, there is Victor Von Doom of Latveria, but nobody ever notices.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-22 12:06:16 PM|| 2005-01-22 12:06:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I understand he'll be playing in the new Fantastic Four movie, or at least his puppet

Posted by Frank G 2005-01-22 12:07:59 PM|| 2005-01-22 12:07:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Wasn't Latveria the country the IM team was always infiltrating on those old Mission Impossible episodes? Loved the uniforms ...

Posted by Steve White 2005-01-22 3:02:23 PM|| 2005-01-22 3:02:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "But, perhaps, someone does not need their freedom, drenched in blood and smelling of oil,"

I prefer my freedom drenched in raspberry vinaigrette.

Posted by Jabba the Tutt 2005-01-22 7:34:52 PM|| 2005-01-22 7:34:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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