Apr 30, 2009

Europe's Dictators* Pose for the Cameras


FP Passport: Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko's PR machine kicked into overdrive yesterday during a meeting with Pope Benedict. Said Belarussian opposition leader Anatoly Lebedko:

Lukashenko's main goal is to improve his image and to receive absolution from the pope ahead of the EU summit in Prague, where many European politicians will not extend a hand to the Belarusian dictator.

You know what could improve your image, Lukashenko? Free some prisoners, allow some freedom of speech, and if you could just generally tone down the crazy, that would be fantastic!

*According to dictionary.com, a dictator is "a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession."

3 comments:

Pirates(and)Diplomats said...

The Pope? I shall not stand for it.

Ern said...

He's by default a dictator, unless you want to claim he's a an elected representative for God. Then maybe. The fact remains he's the leader of millions of people, he can only lose his position when he dies, and he has no male heir... he better have no male heir!

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