U.S. "imperialism" means new arms race: Putin - Welcome back to 1961

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Them durn Russkis are after us again...Bush needs to recall General Buck Turgidson to save us.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070531/ts_nm/russia_usa_missile_dc_3;_ylt=AlNd8UVw7UySZDhhUDl2ymIE1vAI

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a scathing attack on the West on Thursday, accusing Washington of imperialism and of starting a new arms race.

Speaking a week before he meets leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrial nations in Germany, Putin said Russia's tests on Tuesday of a two new missiles were a direct response to U.S. moves to create a missile defense system.

"We are not the initiators of this new round of the arms race," Putin told a joint Kremlin news conference with visiting Greek President Karolos Papoulias.

"There is no need to fear Russia's actions: they are not aggressive," he said. "They are a mere response to harsh and groundless unilateral actions by our partners and are aimed at maintaining the balance of forces in the world."

Putin's comments, which will be popular among ordinary Russians in a year when there is a parliamentary election, are the latest in a line of harsh outbursts against the West.

Russia on Tuesday test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile with multiple warheads and a new cruise missiles, which Russian generals say are sufficient to ensure the country's security for the next 40 years.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. And why not?

Everything else has turned to shit, why not this too?

[David__77]

2. "Imperialism" should not be in quotes in this headline.

US imperialism is alive and well. But in any case, it would have been more editorially neutral to have a headline without quotation marks unless a full sentence is quoted. This is a none-too-clever means of being diminutive.

[bryant69]

3. Putin isn't necessarily a good guy because he slams into Bush

Just sayin' He might benefit from a resurgence of the coldwar more than Bush, I would think. Unless Bush really is planning a coup.

Bryant
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[RaleighNCDUer]

4. Didn't * say he looked into Putin's soul and saw a kindred spirit?

It's the one thing * has said that I believe.