Putin scares me. Does he scare you?

[Eleusis]

Putin threatens nuclear war

Donnie, i know he was KGB. I was making comment on whether or not he still was. Never mind. Ex-KGB or current, he be one scary dude.

Putin is the very person who said there was "no such thing as an ex-KGB agent".

I think he should have qualified that with "no such thing as a living ex-KGB agent". Presume that is why Litvinenko, having asked for his P45, was "summarily dismissed".

Remember this song from 1985?

Sting - "Russians"

In Europe and America, there's a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy
There is no monopoly in common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

There is no historical precedent
To put the words in the mouth of the President
There's no such thing as a winnable war
It's a lie that we don't believe anymore
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too

We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us, me, and you
Is if the Russians love their children too...

SueBaroo - I do not believe he is any scarier than Ehud Olmert or GWB.

Donnie, I don't think Olmert is scary. Just rather strangely ineffectual. But that's not the topic here.

Vladimir Putin goes to bed one evening and Stalin appears to him in a dream. Putin asks Stalin for some help with the state of Russian economy, crime, etc... Stalin says:

"Round up and shoot every male between the age of 21 & 30 and then paint the inside of the Kremlin blue."

Putin asks:
"Why blue?"

Stalin retorts:
"I knew you would ask me about the second part first"