Putin on Russian Circumcision Expertise

cosmosRIP · Nov 13, 2002

It came at a news conference after a Brussels summit meeting with European Union leaders, when a reporter for Le Monde asked whether the Russian military's use of land mines in Chechnya was killing innocent civilians as well as Islamic terrorists. Bristling, Mr. Putin replied that Islamic radicals wanted to wrest Chechnya from Russia as part of a worldwide plan to kill Americans and their allies.
"If you are a Christian, you are in danger," Mr. Putin said. "If you decide to become a Muslim, this won't save you either, because they think that traditional Islam is also hostile to their goals."
Then he said this: "If you are determined to become a complete Islamic radical and are ready to undergo circumcision, then I invite you to Moscow. We are multi-confessional. We have experts in this sphere as well. I will recommend to conduct the operation so that nothing on you will grow again."
In the long silence that followed, even translators were at a loss for words. The last crucial sentence of his remarks was never rendered outside the original Russian for the diplomats and journalists in attendance.
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CrewDust · Nov 13, 2002

I see why Dubya loves him.