Russia needs to be strong against “fortress” US: Putin

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/May/theworld_May313.xml§ion=theworld&col=

MOSCOW - Russia faces a growing arms race against a “fortress” United States which cares more about its own interests than democracy or human rights, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday in his state of the nation speech.

“It is premature to speak of the end of the arms race,” Putin told both houses of parliament and other top officials in the nationally televised address. “It is in reality rising to a new technological level.”

Putin said that Russia was forced to react when the United States was spending 25 times more on defence.

“In the defence sphere, this is called “their house is their fortress.’ Well done! But it means that we must build our house strongly, reliably, because we see what’s going on in the world.”

[jaysunb]

1. Will America have ANY friends before

Bush is through. :evilfrown:

[Cooley Hurd]

2. That's okay... I miss the Cold War...

...compared to today's nightmare.:crazy:

[charlie]

3. Mission accomplished

Nothing suffuses a conservative with that happy warm glow of nostalgia like the Cold War. If they just can get that kick-started, it'll be rollicking good times again. It must feel like the giddy last week before Christmas in thinktanks across the country.

[Oversea Visitor]

4. This is sad

So many unspoken words.
They know stuff.
And they saying there might be a fight and need to be ready.

Very very SAD>

[OneBlueSky]

5. the War on Terror isn't working . . .

so BushCo needs to revive the Cold War . . .

can't uphold a war economy without enemies, now can we? . . .