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How do you say deja vu in Russian?
Gimme something new, will ya?
"Russia launches missile designed to overcome US defense; Rocket said to be direct response to Europe shield plan" by Andrew E. Kramer | New York Times, May 24, 2012
MOSCOW - Russia’s military reported a successful test Wednesday of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that generals said was designed to overpower the US missile defense system....
Maybe Mitt Romney was right, 'eh, Colin?
Russia launched the missile four days after leaders of NATO, meeting in Chicago, confirmed their commitment to building the European missile shield, rendering the blastoff something of a Russian retort to that decision.
And failing that they will build it off the East Coast if they have to!
The test Wednesday took on added political significance, coming two weeks after Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency for a third term. In another worrying sign for relations between Russia and the United States, Putin canceled a visit to the United States for a summit of the Group of Eight nations last weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.
Also see: Why Russia Isn't Coming to Chicago
Russia’s objection to the missile defense plan has reached into the US presidential election. Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican candidate, has criticized Obama as trying to soothe Russia’s concerns through the detente known as the reset.
Like the Bush administration before it, the Obama administration insists that the defensive system is not directed against Russia but instead at emerging missile threats from Iran or North Korea.
Then they have fallen behind.
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Yeah, U.S. foreign policy always seems to come down to what they want.
