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| US wants to dominate world, says Moscow |
| 2015-01-22 |
[ARABNEWS] Russia on Wednesday responded disparagingly to President Barack ObamaIf you like your coverage you can keep it... 's annual State of the Union address, claiming it showed that the United States wanted to dominate world affairs. "Americans have set a course for confrontation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told news hounds. "Obama's address yesterday shows that there's just one thing at the heart of (their) philosophy: 'We are number one' and the rest should acknowledge that." "This is a bit out of date and does not correspond to modern realities," Russia's top diplomat added in televised remarks. "It shows that the United States wants to dominate the world," he said, adding that "being first among equals" was not enough for Washington. In his keynote speech on Tuesday, Obama said that "big nations can't bully small," a reference to Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. He praised US policies toward the Kremlin over Ukraine, saying they left Moscow isolated and its economy in tatters. Lavrov struck a condescending note, saying attempts to isolate Russia would fail and Washington's "aggressive foreign policy" would one day become a thing of the past. "I think it will pass," he said. But at the same time Lavrov appeared to commend Obama for what he called Washington's growing realisation that IS gunnies presented the most serious threat in Syria. "The task of fighting these gunnies has been called the most important one," Lavrov said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I don't recall an American version of the Comintern The Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern and also known as the Third International (1919–1943), was an international communist organization initiated in Moscow during March 1919. The International intended to fight "by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the State." |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-22 18:55 |
| #5 Classic projection by would-be dictator Putin's puppets. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-01-22 17:29 |
| #4 Obama wants to dominate world golf courses. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-01-22 15:17 |
| #3 lol. hardly They would never vote for a dumb piece of shit like Obama if they planned to "dominate" the world. Obama cannot even dominate reality. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-01-22 12:04 |
| #2 Moscow would SAY that, pot, kettle. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-01-22 01:47 |
| #1 As per GLOBAL TIMES, looks like the Bammer's SOTU comments on preventing China from unilater solely writing the trade rules for Asia has also caused BEIJING = CHINA to feel similarly to Moscow. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-01-22 00:59 |