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Somewhat belatedly, the Russian Dilettante shares his opinion of Vladimir Putin's Munich speech: “The problem with Putin's speech is Putin.”
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i don’t think that at all. i think that speach was in 2004 correct me if am wrong but i think that hes speach was very importend and i recomend to lissen to it again and see how the world is today Efter 8 years with Bush in USA and how much US president did hes damage to the world. See for you selv how world economy is today in 2009.