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Vlad the Assailer
Putin is one tough customer. It will be interesting to see if the United States will elect a leader who can effectively neutralize him.

The violent history of Eastern Europe resulted in the classic horror character Dracula being created by the Irish author Bram Stoker in 1897. Stoker based his vampire character on a Romanian ruler named Vlad Tepes who, in the 15th century, committed incredible atrocities like impaling thousands of captured people on felled trees. Nice guy.

For this, Tepes was called "Vlad the Impaler."

Now we have Vladimir Putin, the Russian martinet, who is orchestrating the violence in Georgia in order to show the world that the Russian military is back in fighting form. Using the old Third Reich ruse of "protecting" ethnic "Russians" who are living in Georgian territory, Putin has launched a violent action that has angered most decent people.

For this, Putin should be known as "Vlad the Assailer."

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