• A Ukrainian diplomat calls Putin a dickhead.
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[quote]KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainians have called Vladimir Putin many bad names, among them a Nazi, a dictator and just plain evil. But nothing has caused a firestorm quite like a Ukrainian diplomat’s use of a schoolyard epithet to describe the Russian president during an unscripted moment Saturday night. Russian lawmakers called Sunday for the dismissal of Ukraine’s interim foreign minister, Andrii Deshchytsia, after he tagged Putin with the swear word. Deshchytsia tossed out the insult breezily as he sought to calm protesters and halt an attack on the Russian Embassy in Kiev. He had waded into a near-riot as hundreds of people vented their rage at the loss of 49 Ukrainian service members earlier Saturday. Pro-Russian separatists, armed with weapons that many believe were supplied by Russia, shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane as it approached the airport in the eastern city of Luhansk, killing all aboard. Every window in the three-story Russian Embassy was broken as protesters threw eggs, bricks, paint balls and car parts ripped off diplomatic vehicles. Deshchytsia pleaded for them to halt the violence. He noted that Ukraine has an obligation to defend embassies and stressed that he was not asking the crowd to stop protesting but to be peaceful. “I am ready to be here with you and say, ‘Russia, get out of Ukraine,’ ” he said. Then he spoke the words that would cause an international incident: “Putin is a d---head, yes.” The remark drew cheers from protesters within earshot and prompted many of them to chant along. A video of the remark was quickly posted to YouTube. To be sure, Deshchytsia was showing a familiarity with Ukrainian pop culture. The phrase originated with rival soccer teams, which in March paraded through the eastern city of Kharkiv chanting the phrase in a singsong voice, with the refrain “La la la la la la la la la.” It took off and soon became a staple at soccer games and protests. Ukrainian tourists have taken videos of themselves singing the words, often with embarrassed giggles, while on vacations abroad — at a sake bar in Japan, accompanied by a mariachi band in Los Angeles, sitting in the bleachers at a World Cup game in Brazil.[/quote] [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukrainian-diplomat-uses-swearword-for-putin/2014/06/15/53500721-b8fe-47af-b1c1-2fa0682cbd7c_story.html[/url]
Can't really argue with that. Putin is a dickhead and Deshchytsia sounds like he went above and beyond his duty attempting to calm a potential riot.
Now that you mention it, his head DOES look somewhat phallic. [editline]18th June 2014[/editline] Also appropriate avatar.
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;45139948]This is how politics should be all the time[/QUOTE] There are times and places for it (and I think this is a good one), but day-to-day politics do profit from a bit more professionalism.
At this point, what are Ukraine's options? This would be the time to declare war if the power parity wasn't so skewed, so what can they do? They don't have any allies, certainly not any allies who would dare oppose Russia. I feel like Ukraine just has to wait and accept any abuses Russia rails against them.
Mortal politics Komabt
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;45140686]At this point, what are Ukraine's options? This would be the time to declare war if the power parity wasn't so skewed, so what can they do? They don't have any allies, certainly not any allies who would dare oppose Russia. I feel like Ukraine just has to wait and accept any abuses Russia rails against them.[/QUOTE] Even if they do manage to stabilise the situation with Russia they will still have staggering loans to deal with, widespread corruptuion and literal truck loads of foreign fighters sneaking round the eastern parts. edit: On top of this a politician calling another a "dickhead" looks unprofessional and will not help the diplomatic process. People might cheer him but its not helping the situation or the country. a pr stunt/ego trip.
How unprofessional of him.
Of course he is, they made a butt plug of him after all [IMG_thumb]http://payload108.cargocollective.com/1/9/306468/4463277/putinma_905.jpg[/IMG_thumb]
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