Putin: US Provokes Arms Race

NOW AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH, THE WORLD IS ARMING THEMSELVES WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST THE PSYCHOS RESIDING IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

New York Times February 10, 2007 09:11 AM

"Primarily the United States has overstepped its national borders, and in every area," said Mr. Putin, who increasingly has tried to re-establish Russia's once broad Soviet-era influence, using Russia's natural resources as leverage and defending nations at odds with the United States, including Iran.

American military actions, which he termed "unilateral" and "illegitimate," also "have not been able to resolve any matters at all," and have created only more instability and danger. "They bring us to the abyss of one conflict after another," he said. "Political solutions are becoming impossible."

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Gates Fires Back At Putin: "One Cold War Was Quite Enough"

Reuters Kristin Roberts and Madeline Chambers February 11, 2007 09:42 AM

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday dismissed an attack on U.S. foreign policy by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the blunt talk of an old spy and said it was vital to keep working with Moscow.

In a speech which one U.S. senator said smacked of Cold War rhetoric, Putin told a security conference in Munich on Saturday the United States was making the world a more dangerous place by pursuing policies aimed at making it the "one single master."

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