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..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:15 pm
by a white rabbit
..you were a great man..
..may God rest your soul..
..you freed us from blindness and stupidity..
..may God rest your soul..
..you ended the Cold-War myth..
..may God rest your soul..
..i for one, regret your going on before..
..may God and his angels guide you to the Light
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:02 pm
by Doggie
He's a good commie now.
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:10 pm
by m5000.2006
opinions are likely to be divided...
what's interesting is that he seems 'good' for western europeans and americans, while a lot of russians dislike him accusing him of dismantling the USSR, most of them being ambivalent at best...
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:22 pm
by pasternakski
BORIS YELTSIN
a drunkard's dream
if I ever did see one
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:01 pm
by DuckofTindalos
Boris Yeltsin, dead at 76 (liver age 228)...
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:46 pm
by robpost3
"You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long."
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:30 am
by Neilster
That comrade could sure party. Remember his dancing, conducting the orchestra and when he was too wasted to get off the plane? Loved a bender [:D]
Cheers, Neilster
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:50 am
by Jevhaddah_Slitherine
I hope they don't cremate him, the fire will never go out [X(]
From an old Cold Warrior who sat gobsmacked watching the fall of the Soviet Union
I say 'Cheers to yoo and rest in Peace Boris'[:)]
Cheers
Jev
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:53 am
by sven
On the one hand he helped slay the beast....
on the other he began Ivan's fun and games still going on today with Chechnya.
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:38 am
by Ursa MAior
Wonder how the world would look like today if it were someone else running the collapse of "Evil Empire".
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:43 am
by Muzrub
ORIGINAL: a white rabbit
..you were a great man..
..may God rest your soul..
..you freed us from blindness and stupidity..
..may God rest your soul..
..you ended the Cold-War myth..
..may God rest your soul..
..i for one, regret your going on before..
..may God and his angels guide you to the Light
As he was a Commie I'm not sure any of the Angels are going to turn up!
Eitherway- Bye Yeltsin
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:56 am
by DuckofTindalos
Communist he was, but he also made the Russian Communist part illegal, understanding that Communism had no place in the modern world. Gorbachev didn't see that...
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:11 am
by Zap
Everyone in this thread agrees that he was a drunk. Did being a drunk have more to do with his clouded thinking in disbanding the Soviet Union. If so, is this a time we could say being a drunk was good?
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:09 pm
by General Quarters
There are a lot of people who drink too much. Most of them do not defy Soviet tanks and change history. Rest In Peace, Boris.
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:27 pm
by m5000.2006
ORIGINAL: Zap
Everyone in this thread agrees that he was a drunk. [...]
i didn't say a word about it [:)]
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:43 am
by Zap
Whatever his reasons/motivations, your right, give him credit for what he did do. The world is a better place for it.
RE: ..Yeltsin is dead..
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:59 am
by robpost3
Zap you are a gentleman!