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U.S.-Russian Tensions Rise Over Missile Shield PlanPosted on Jul 8, 2008
Forging an agreement with the Czech Republic to host the radar for the United States’ planned missile shield project represents, according to Condoleezza Rice, a way of making the missile defense system “transparent to the Russians.” Officials in Moscow, however, are inclined to take this latest move as a hostile gesture that could provoke military retaliation.
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By Fadel Abdallah, July 9, 2008 at 9:11 am Link to this comment
Though I am a pacifist and nothing will make me happier and more secure than that all sane nations would mutually dismantle their military-industrial complexes of war-mongering, I do look, with great nostalgic feelings, to the era of cold-war!
If it’s inevitable for humanity to live with wars, I’d rather have it the cold-war of old, rather than the real wars and destruction heaped upon us after the end of the cold-war.
At least, during the cold-war, there were two evil empires keeping each other at bay, and mostly, this resulted in small nations and countries living in relative peace and security.
Therefore, as it stands now, I have two dreams: One, that nations of the world would come to their senses and demand their military-industrial complexes and entities to be unilaterally dismantled! Two, that if this first dream is not possible to achieve, the cold-war between two, three or four so-called superpowers would come back to keep these powers busy with each others, while small countries and nations are left in relative peace and security!
Report thisBy Blackspeare, July 9, 2008 at 8:20 am Link to this comment
This is nothing more than job security for the military-industrial complex with Rice acting as the front. Also, her expertise is in Soviet/Russian relations and keeping the Russians on edge keeps her services needed well into the future.
Report thisBy G.Anderson, July 9, 2008 at 6:23 am Link to this comment
We are going to be lucky if Bush doesn’t succeed in killing us all in a Nuclear War.
He is an idiot, and so is Rice. Everything he touches turns to into a disaster.
Report thisBy PatrickHenry, July 8, 2008 at 3:23 pm Link to this comment
Time is short for Bush and he is dead set on pissing off that part of the world, for whatever reason.
It is a hostile and provocative act by elements within the American government and is against the majority of Americans wishes.
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