Ouch

I'd like to give a quick jab Russian President Vladimir Putin gave to George Bush at the G8 summit today: (thanks to thinkprogress.org)

President Bush told President Vladimir Putin that Americans want Russia to develop a free press and free religion “like Iraq.” To laughter and applause, Putin responded: “We certainly would not want to have same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, quite honestly.”

If Iraq is what Bush calls a democracy I'd hate to see what he calls a dictatorship. Iraq might BECOME a democracy and if they do I will happily admit being wrong but they have a long way to go.