"Obama, Medvedev vow to rebuild US-Russia ties; Summit to open with pledges to cut warheads" by Steven R. Hurst, Associated Press | July 6, 2009
MOSCOW - Ties between Moscow and Washington.... depths unseen in more than two decades.
The United States wants to use the summit to overhaul US-Russian ties....
There has been an apparent hardening on both sides over a proposed US missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Those differences could stall or even preclude an agreement on strategic nuclear warheads. That could kill the hoped-for extension of those talks next year....
And CUI BONO, 'eh, WAR-MAKERS?
On Friday, Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Vladimir Putin, the prime minister and former president, said the Kremlin would not negotiate a replacement to START I unless Obama clarified plans for the defense system to be based in Poland and the Czech Republic.
The United States contends it is designed to protect allies in Europe from a potential nuclear attack by Iran. The Russians see it as a way of weakening their offensive nuclear strike potential that is arrayed against the US arsenal. Obama has been cool to the program, which President George W. Bush championed.
WE ALWAYS "defensive"; "ENEMY" ALWAYS "offensive."
Ever notice that idiosyncrasy of the AmeriKan jewspapers?
“The whole issue of missile defense from my perspective is focused on defense of Europe,’’ said Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “Obviously, the Russians see it differently. So I think we’re going to have to work our way through that.’’
Yeah, but FROM WHOM?
Iran DOESN'T EVEN HAVE a BOMB, never mind the MEANS to DELIVER ONE!!!
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Someone say WWIII?
