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Putin lashes out at West's "arms race"
MOSCOW (Reuters) who and where else?- President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of unleashing a new arms race on Russia's borders on Friday in a speech that is likely to provide a blueprint for his successor's policies.And you'll be right there behind him to help guide, won't you Uncle Vlad?? Laying out his legacy three months before he is to step down, Putin said Russia had to wean itself off energy exports, compete in the world economy and stand up to the West. Call Hil and Obama- tell them Vlad's won the Dem nomination In an address containing long passages of tough rhetoric aimed at the West, Putin said NATO expansion and U.S. plans for a missile defence shield in eastern Europe had touched off an arms race. Awwwwwwww.... guess the proletariat will just have to keeping starving. Just like mom and pop- And it will be the fault of the evil West "It's not our fault, we didn't start it. ... funnelling multibillions of dollars into developing weapons systems. Uhhhh... Stalin? Cold war? HELLO? MOM??? "NATO itself is expanding. It's approaching our borders. We drew down our bases in Cuba and in Vietnam. What did we get? New American bases in Romania, Bulgaria. A new third missile defence region (the U.S. defence shield) in Poland, where it's being built," Putin told the State Council. More at da link Posted by: Free Radical 2008-02-08 |
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