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Twizted Humanitarian Crew
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 Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:38 am
Putin threatens to target Europe
He also lashes out at NATO and insists he's world's only true democrat.
DOUG SAUNDERS
Globe and Mail Update
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June 4, 2007 at 6:00 AM EDT
MOSCOW — In a threat not uttered since the Cold War, Vladimir Putin said that Russia intends to aim its missile systems - potentially nuclear weapons - at targets in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. decision to establish antimissile bases there.
During a lengthy dinner, Russia's President defended his semi-authoritarian style and insisted he is the world's only true democrat. In an interview with The Globe and Mail and a small circle of other journalists, he stressed that his country is not moving away from a market economy, refused to consider extraditing a former KGB agent charged with poisoning a dissident in London, and lashed out repeatedly at the United States and NATO for operating in countries previously within Russia's sphere of influence.
Mr. Putin's remarks, translated from Russian, virtually guarantee much of the G8 summit, due to begin in northern Germany on Wednesday, will be dominated by the growing confrontation between the West and Russia.
Mr. Putin repeatedly described U.S. antimissile bases, which will be built in the Czech Republic and Poland, both former Warsaw Pact countries, as "an element of the nuclear potential of the United States," and that the alleged threat from Iranian missiles is a myth. Washington says that the bases are purely defensive and designed to shoot down missiles launched at the United States from Iran or other rogue states.
Russia prepared for 'retaliatory measures'
Putin vows to turn Russia's missiles westward
"It is obvious that if part of the strategic nuclear potential of the United States is located in Europe, and according to our military experts will be threatening us, we will have to respond," he said.
"What kind of steps are we going to take in response? Of course, we are going to get new targets in Europe."
He suggested that this could include powerful nuclear-capable weapons.
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that and there is a spider crawling up my monitor
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:40 pm
I saw on the news that russia might target European capital's
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Twizted Humanitarian Crew
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:14 pm
one of us needs to swallow our pride to avoid another cold war sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:50 pm
But do you think that anyone will?
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Twizted Humanitarian Crew
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:43 am
thenerdqueen But do you think that anyone will? Neither country will back down because we are too stubborn to see the bigger picture
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:29 pm
Putin will most likely back down eventualy, he's just scared were puting in anti-missile's in the old warsaw pact nations.
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Twizted Humanitarian Crew
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:36 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:37 pm
the exact same thing happend in 1961 we put some missle's in turkey and the Soviet Union(Russia) freaked out and set up missles in cuba threatning the U.S. russia finnaly backed downafter we threatend them back.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:21 pm
Yes, but isn't present day Russia is different than the 1960's USSR?
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:00 pm
thenerdqueen Yes, but isn't present day Russia is different than the 1960's USSR? yes, but its president vladimer putin was a kgb agent for the USSR, and i just saw on the news he is willing to compramise if wemove the anti missle system to Azerbaijan.
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