Rice Attacks ‘Reprehensible’ Putin Warnings

[Purveyor]

Source: Financial Times

February 13 2008 20:23

Condoleezza Rice, US secretary of state, on Wednesday highlighted the tense relations between Moscow and Washington when she hit out at Russia’s “reprehensible” rhetoric and said she would appoint a special energy co-ordinator for central Asia, a region dominated to date by Russian energy interests.

Appearing at the Senate’s foreign relations committee, Ms Rice responded fiercely to questions about recent Russian behaviour, including President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion this week that Ukraine could be targeted with nuclear missiles and his warning of a new arms race with the west.

“The unhelpful and, really, I will use a different word, reprehensible rhetoric that is coming out of Moscow is unacceptable,” Ms Rice said.

Relations between Moscow and Washington have hardened in the wake of disputes over Russia’s objections to proposed US missile defence bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, as well as US concerns about what it sees as Mr Putin’s use of intimidation at home and abroad.



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[NanceGreggs]

1. Given her position with BushCo ...

... one would think that Condi was used to hearing "reprehensible rhetoric".

[fascisthunter]

2. Could Somebody Take the Trash Out

Out shopping for shoes, where she can't do any harm.

[ixion]

3. unacceptable? LIke Moscow gives a rat's a** what kindasleazy thinks

:rofl:

She's such an embarrassment.

[Supersedeas]

4. she does have a penchant utterly innane ambiguity--there is just no content there with Condi

[donkeyotay]

5. Unhelpful. Even reprehensible. Nooo, it's an inevitable consequence

of you and your boss's cowboy diplomacy. Why is it so hard for neocons to understand that if you bully people, they will push back as soon as they can, overtly or covertly? Bush looked deep into Pooty Poot's eyes, saw his soul and then screwed him over. Payback.

P.S. Condi, We can't afford Star Wars in Central Asia. You're bankrupting our country.

[frylock]

6. cmon condi! show us your skeelz..

this is your time to shine. show us that those russian studies paid off.

[AlCzervik]

7. Putin intimidates Buschco, Rice will do nothing, Bush will do nothing.

[MadMaddie]

8. Well * should have seen this coming since he looked into Putin's

soul....the soul of a KGB man.

And Condi never saw it coming....Hey wait isn't she the expert in Russian History and Politics......?:banghead:

[L0oniX]

9. I feel a cold coming on ...another cold war which is well deserved. n/t

[Purveyor]

11. If it puts the 'judeo-christian crusaders' back into their box, I will welcome it...

For all our sakes.

[Warren Stupidity]

10. Does she even pretend to believe her own shit?

What a fucking lame ass joke. We roll Nato up to their borders, propose to ring them with our missile blasters, which weapons (supposing they actually work, which is not too good an assumption) are highly destabilizing and threaten Russia with a first strike annihilation scenario, and then complain when Russia responds in self defense?

We are truly and dangerously insane actors on the world stage at this point in time.

[TheLastMohican]

12. Looks like PNACers are having their panties in a twist

Surround Russia with NATO bases, spread NATO alliance eastward despite agreements not to do so, pressure the sovereign Russian state on every level with warmongering rhetorics and then call "reprehensible" the response?
She's damn arrogant!

[SpiralHawk]

13. "...And I am an expert on reprehensible, I'm a republicon." - Condi

[TheLastMohican]

14. Actually what Putin said was

"It is pure horror for us to think that our missiles should be pointed at Ukraine".
She does know some russian, does she? She was supposed to be some kind of "russian specialist" in the White House, but I guess the meaning was lost in the translation.
Very convenient for Condi.

[moondust]

15. Grow up, Condi.

If she knows anything about Russia she knows that they have never considered it acceptable for the U.S. to camp out in their neighbor's yard with an arsenal of missiles. This is naked U.S. Bush aggression and Condi knows it.

[Supersedeas]

17. she thinks that she 'sounds' intelligent with her contentless platitudes

[Doctor_J]

16. There's your GOP VP candidate

Hartmann was saying that at CPAC last week the buzz was that Kindasleaza is in the hunt for VP. I can't wait to see the Dem commercials.

Video: "We cannot wait for the response that may come as a mushroom cloud". Stamp big, bold, red LIE across her face.
Video: "Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destructions". Stamp big, bold, red LIE across her face.
Excerpts from the new 9/11 commission report.
etc.