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| Putin lashes out at West's "arms race" |
| 2008-02-08 |
| 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 |
| #5 ION, CHINESE MIL FORUM > Japanese town officials are in opposition to US-Tokyo plans enlarge the strategic IWAKUNI Air base into one of the largest USAF = US airhubs in Asia. OTOH, compare wid MARIANAS BUSINESS JOURNAL, or was it STARS-N-STRIPES??? > PHILIPPINES AIR LINES > MORE PLANES BUT NOWHERE/NO PLACE TO GO [paraph]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-02-08 20:02 |
| #4 IIRC, ASIANEWS or EURASIAONLINE,net??? > RADICAL/ISLAMIST EXTREMISM SPREADING IN CENTRAL ASIA REGIONS, or title to that effect??? Can also review older Net articles on Russ continuing demographic probs = decline versus increasing Muslim birth rates, immogration, etc. RUSSIA > VARIOUS > BY YEAR 2050, AT CURRENT + PROJECTED RATES RUSS POPULATION IS STILL ANTICIPATED TO BE AT OR BELOW THE 140 MILYUUHN MARK, AS LOW AS 95-110M. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-02-08 18:11 |
| #3 Why don't you sell more nuclear plants to crazed lunatics, asshole. |
| Posted by: danking70 2008-02-08 12:13 |
| #2 That's what happens when you lose a war, Vlad. At least we haven't rubbed your nose in it...yet. But do that spending thingy and see what happens when the price of oil crashes, same as last time. Sucks to be you. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-02-08 10:47 |
| #1 Not to worry Vlad, the Poles are your...friends, right? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-02-08 10:38 |