(Today is April 23rd, 2007).
Yeltsin was arguable the ONLY Russian president in recent years who was at all sympathetic to democracy. Is this slight on Bush's part due to ignorance, or just bad manners?
2007-04-23 03:24:55 · 12 answers · asked by Zelda Hunter 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Putin was and always will be a Communist Party hack. Gorby never stopped being Communist. You could make a case that his actions helped to foster the beginnings of democracy in Russia, though there is almost no democracy to be found there now. Almost everyone in the Russian power elite is corrupt. What else is new?
Why did Bush not at least acknowledge it and say there would be another statement forthcoming?
2007-04-23 03:35:05 · update #1
Simple. Bush didn't know who he was!
2007-04-23 03:46:55 · answer #1 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what about Gorby? Yeltsin was not a staunch supporter of Democracy, He was one of Putin's role models and part of the undemocrasation , in effect now, of Russia.
2007-04-23 03:30:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are incorrect. Gorbachev was very sympathetic to democracy and was the one to start Russia (part of the former USSR) on the path to democracy. Yeltsin was EXTREMELY corrupt.
2007-04-23 03:29:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Somber is the final factor a president could be in a time of war. A president could attempt to spice up the rustic's morale, no longer ruin it. it extremely is why John Kerry on no account stood of challenge.
2016-10-28 18:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure he will address it when the White House has all the details and they feel the time is approiate. I'm sure either Bush or Chaney will attend the funeral.
2007-04-23 03:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by tcb396 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he does not know who Yeltsin is
2007-04-23 04:54:48 · answer #6 · answered by gmasta_flash 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeltsin was far from a good man. I would be sympathetic i would hope our president would not be either.
2007-04-23 03:28:34 · answer #7 · answered by iceblendedmochajavo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
maybe bush thinks that russia is only a town in ohio,not a country.
2007-04-23 03:37:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He died today. The WH needs to come up with the right words to express their feelings towards the death before they'll say anything about it.
2007-04-23 03:28:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Allot of people died today should the US President mention all of them? He was not that important.
2007-04-23 03:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by sean e 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋