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From The Associated Press, 10/13/07:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/12/putin.missile.ap/index.html
Putin warns U.S. to back off on missile talks
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) --
President Bush's top two Cabinet officials, expecting a polite photo
op, were ambushed by a Russian leader who fears Eastern Europe may be
turned into a U.S. staging point for a new Cold War.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says any treaty must be "universal in
nature."
Despite U.S. pledges of cooperation and new ideas on missile defense,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates
were warned by President Vladimir Putin to back off on missile defense
plans for the former Soviet sphere.
In a series of meetings Friday, Rice and Gates failed to turn around
Moscow's opposition to the system and other strategic arms issues and
got little more than a pledge to meet again.
Putin set the tone early on when he hosted the pair and their Russian
counterparts at his country home outside Moscow and delivered a stern
rebuff to U.S. plans to push ahead with establishing missile defense
facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic.
In combative comments that took the U.S. side aback during a photo
session, Putin criticized Bush's pet project and threatened to pull
out of a Cold War-era treaty that limits intermediate-range missiles.
"We may decide someday to put missile defense systems on the moon, but
before we get to that we may lose a chance for agreement because of
you implementing your own plans," he told Rice and Gates in Russian,
according to an Associated Press translation.
"We hope that in the process of such complex and multifaceted talks
you will not be forcing forward your previous agreements with Eastern
European countries," Putin said.
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Putin should have told Kindasleazy that he thinks the idea is great
and that he'll be putting his missiles in Mexico and Canada.
Harry
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/12/putin.missile.ap/index.html
Putin warns U.S. to back off on missile talks
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) --
President Bush's top two Cabinet officials, expecting a polite photo
op, were ambushed by a Russian leader who fears Eastern Europe may be
turned into a U.S. staging point for a new Cold War.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says any treaty must be "universal in
nature."
Despite U.S. pledges of cooperation and new ideas on missile defense,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates
were warned by President Vladimir Putin to back off on missile defense
plans for the former Soviet sphere.
In a series of meetings Friday, Rice and Gates failed to turn around
Moscow's opposition to the system and other strategic arms issues and
got little more than a pledge to meet again.
Putin set the tone early on when he hosted the pair and their Russian
counterparts at his country home outside Moscow and delivered a stern
rebuff to U.S. plans to push ahead with establishing missile defense
facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic.
In combative comments that took the U.S. side aback during a photo
session, Putin criticized Bush's pet project and threatened to pull
out of a Cold War-era treaty that limits intermediate-range missiles.
"We may decide someday to put missile defense systems on the moon, but
before we get to that we may lose a chance for agreement because of
you implementing your own plans," he told Rice and Gates in Russian,
according to an Associated Press translation.
"We hope that in the process of such complex and multifaceted talks
you will not be forcing forward your previous agreements with Eastern
European countries," Putin said.
__________________________________________________
Putin should have told Kindasleazy that he thinks the idea is great
and that he'll be putting his missiles in Mexico and Canada.
Harry
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