of the pot and the kettle.

Who knew?

yup.

http://english.pravda.ru/topic/terrorism-33/

The woman hasn't the slightest sense of how ridiculous this sounds to the rest of the world, working as she does for a president who has done more than any other to subvert the Constitution. She must spend her time in the same bubble as her boss, and it appears the thin air has damaged both of them.

Condi must have sh*t for brains. :-)

Condi was worried about his "broad" powers. You know, his power with broads. Let's face it, that photo of him bare chested hunting in the woods is very popular with broads.

Russia is only as strong as the price of oil. Putin's problems no matter how much power he has are being masked over by oil wealth.

Putin to Visit Iran Amid Nuclear Tension

Sunday October 14, 2007 4:16 PM
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press Writer

MOSCOW (AP) - When President Vladimir Putin visits Tehran this week, he will be closely watched for any sign he has moved closer to launching the nuclear reactor Russia is building for Iran.

Russia has resisted the U.S. push for stronger sanctions against Tehran and strongly warned Washington against using force in its standoff with Iran over its nuclear program. But Moscow's position is carefully hedged. It has delayed completing the plant, Iran's first, and is urging the country to comply with international controls on its nuclear activities.

Any show of support for Iran, such as a pledge by Putin to quickly complete the power plant, could embolden Iran and further cloud Russia's relations with the West.

Putin bluntly spelled out his disagreements with Washington on Wednesday, saying he saw no ``objective data'' to prove Western claims that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons. And at talks Friday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, he ridiculed U.S. plans for a missile defense system in eastern Europe, supposedly to stop an Iranian attack.

His bluntness appeared to shock Rice and Gates.

Putin's visit, during which he will meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and attend Tuesday's summit of Caspian Sea nations, is a first. No Kremlin leader has traveled to Iran since Josef Stalin in 1943, for a wartime summit with Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Putin's trip is important for Iran even if it yields no agreements. ``It's a break in international isolation, a chance to show that Iran is an important country,'' said Alexander Pikayev, a leading expert on Iran with Russia's Institute for World Economy and International relations.

But it will highlight a reality sometimes overlooked by a world focused on the West's confrontation with Iran: that the Kremlin also has its problems with the Islamic republic.

Although Russia has shielded Iran from harsher sanctions in the U.N. Security Council, its relations with Tehran have been hurt by disputes over the $1 billion deal to build the nuclear plant. Russia warned earlier this year that the plant in the port of Bushehr wouldn't be launched this fall as planned - the latest in a series of delays - because Iran was slow in making payments. It has also delayed the shipment of uranium fuel for the plant.

Anxious to ease Western doubts - and possibly its own - about Iran's intentions, the Kremlin made Tehran sign a deal several years ago to return the fuel to Russia after its use so it cannot be used in weapons.

Iranian officials deny being late with payments and accuse the Kremlin of yielding to Western pressure. Iran has started its own enrichment program, saying it wants to produce fuel by itself - an effort that has heightened international suspicions. Iran insists that its program is meant purely to generate electricity.

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