Putin objects to U.S. missle shield

Ocala.com ^ | Apr. 28, 2007 | STEVE GUTTERMAN AND PAUL AMES

[cougar_mccxxi]

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that a planned U.S. missile shield in Central Europe was unacceptable because it would extend American control deep into Russian airspace, not deter Iran as Washington claims.

NATO officials called for calm in the dispute, which escalated when Putin threatened on Thursday to pull out of a key European arms-control treaty if no agreement was reached.

[cougar_mccxxi]

Its odd, this story is not apparent in American press.

[GSlob]

Who needs the control of that airspace given the environmental disaster it is? Let putin breath his own farts and suffocate on them.

[RightWhale]

Putin appears to be approachng the boundary of rationality.

[JasonC]

That is because nobody cares what the delusional self important loon wants or thinks...

[BenLurkin]

Well we object to him lauching a brand new class of nuke subs.

[LegendHasIt]

He objects because he has plans that will be set back if Europe and the US are more able to defend themselves from Russian missiles (or missiles sold by Russia).

[JZelle]

I object to his helping Iran.

[Tailgunner Joe]

I object to KGB Putin selling fighter jets and thousands of machineguns to his comrade Hugo Chavez.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

At least the commie thugs are being honest that they still believe Poland and the Czech Republic are part of the USSR.

[ScubieNuc]

Its odd, this story is not apparent in American press.

That would be because if Putin is angry about missle defense, that would be a good sign that our missle defense works. The main stream American press doesn't want to admit anything that might vindicate Ronald Reagan's SDI might actually work.

Sincerely