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Gorbachev chides US for 'superiority'
Herald Sun ^ | 3 March 2006 | Marina Lapenkova

Posted on 03/02/2006 2:44:52 PM PST by Aussie Dasher

FORMER Soviet leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Mikhail Gorbachev has turned 75, bitter that the end of the Cold War has left the United States with what he called a "superiority complex".

"It would be in everyone's interest if that big country America recovered from that disease," he said.

Mr Gorbachev, who launched the democratic and economic reforms that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, described the end of the Cold War as a gift that the United States has squandered.

He also denounced growing Russophobia, saying "some in the West would like to see Russia strangled".

"Russia, with its enormous intellectual and military potential, and control of 42 per cent of the world's natural reserves, elicits fear in the West, and even our friends today fear a renaissance of the Russian empire," he said.

The collapse of the Soviet Union, which dented national prestige, left Mr Gorbachev unpopular at home, with many considering that he served as a Trojan horse for the West.


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To: mkjessup

Exactly. Same euros,russians and now chinese that are jealous and hateful towards the US. Who cares, we will keep doing what we do and they will continue to hate us and spew their ignorant anti-american diatribes. I am proud to have been born here and I have been all over the world. They are no place like the good old USofA and it just drives the eurotrash(your socilialist system is communism lite and destroys innovation) mad. Which is rather hilarious and entertaining!


41 posted on 03/02/2006 3:37:54 PM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Indy Pendance

RE: post #7.

The Energizer Commie... He keeps on lying, and lying, and lying...


42 posted on 03/02/2006 3:39:32 PM PST by PsyOp (The commonwealth is theirs who hold the arms.... - Aristotle.)
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To: Aussie Dasher
Ol' Gorby needs to have a nice big glass of STFU and vodka.

In the words of Patrick Swayze's character from Red Dawn before he shot the Communist invader in the face, "YOU LOSE!"

43 posted on 03/02/2006 3:40:41 PM PST by FierceDraka ("Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." - Capt. Mal Reynolds)
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To: fml
You lost me.

Gorbachev's reforms were an attempt to save the soviet communist system (he said so in his book). Glastnost & Perestroika had the effect of checking the gas level in your tank with match.

44 posted on 03/02/2006 3:43:28 PM PST by PsyOp (The commonwealth is theirs who hold the arms.... - Aristotle.)
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To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
It's the system that is better and you just happened to be lucky enough to be born into it.

This is unfair. The U.S. Constitution is a work of political genius, to be sure. But a lot has happened here since the Constitution was ratified in 1789. In the 1970s we were in danger of losing everything to the socialists. But the American people wisely chose the course of freedom. And we will continue to do so. Was Clarence Thomas lucky to become as capable and visionary as he is? Did he wind up on the Supreme Court by luck? Of course not. Justice Thomas worked hard and according to a vision to become what he is. And he was appointed through the vision and hard work of many others (and he was confirmed despite the strident opposition of the socialists). This is not luck, and it is not a well-crafted system running on auto-pilot. Good things happen because good people conceive of them and then work to make them happen. This is why we have Justice Alito instead of Harriet Meiers. This sort of thing, large and small, happens in America every day. That is why we are still free.

45 posted on 03/02/2006 3:46:25 PM PST by rogue yam
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To: Aussie Dasher
US Chides Gorbachev for gross inferiority.
46 posted on 03/02/2006 3:47:45 PM PST by MNJohnnie ("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
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To: BunnySlippers
The Jimmuh Carter of Russia.

LOL! That just about says it all. Except he has none of Jimmuh's southern charm and personality. Incompetent and droll.

47 posted on 03/02/2006 3:48:34 PM PST by PsyOp (The commonwealth is theirs who hold the arms.... - Aristotle.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Gorbachev is quite possibly one of the most stupid men to have ever ruled Russia. Upon getting into office, one of his first acts was to attempt to clamp down on alcohol consumption.

In Russia? (As was obvious, the moonshine industry exploded overnight).

Regards, Ivan


48 posted on 03/02/2006 3:48:56 PM PST by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: PsyOp; oldleft
Sure, but in the end it still turned out to be the downfall

He tried and failed, that is his legacy actually

49 posted on 03/02/2006 3:50:02 PM PST by fml
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To: fml

Didn't I say that? I thought I said that. He had no clue what he was doing, it blew up in his face, and he's been scratching his head over it ever since. He even makes Carter look like a political genius.


50 posted on 03/02/2006 3:54:33 PM PST by PsyOp (The commonwealth is theirs who hold the arms.... - Aristotle.)
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To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit; mkjessup
Our system is great because we keep it that way with blood, treasure, sweat and tears. Perhaps Euros should tend to their own chaotic disaster at the EU and stop lecturing the USA. In the future perhaps the Euros might have the humility to NOT lecture the USA. We ARE the reason you all have the current Free, Democratic political systems that run your country instead of some form of authoritarian dictatorships. You might want to remember how you all have, and are, hiding behind America's shield. We ask nothing for this service other then you shut up the pompous self important lecturing and let us get on with the job.
51 posted on 03/02/2006 3:55:15 PM PST by MNJohnnie ("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
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To: Aussie Dasher; lizol; Stellar Dendrite; Tailgunner Joe

Putin and Gorbachev shaking hands

52 posted on 03/02/2006 3:56:31 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: Aussie Dasher

Russophobia... Is Gorbachev covering for Vladimir Putin and his corrupt regieme? It seems that that is so.


53 posted on 03/02/2006 3:57:41 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: rogue yam
That is why we are still free

And why we pay blood, sweat, treasure and tears every day year in year out to make sure we stay that way.

54 posted on 03/02/2006 3:59:27 PM PST by MNJohnnie ("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
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To: PsyOp
I guess you did, but...Carter look like a political genius. Is a definate lol moment .
55 posted on 03/02/2006 4:00:02 PM PST by fml
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To: lawgirl
sour grapes?

The fundamental force behind the evil empire is envy, the same force that drives the evil left in our country. It's easy to think of envy as a petty emotion however it is really one of the strongest evil forces. It leads to much of the misery on Earth.


56 posted on 03/02/2006 4:00:44 PM PST by Reeses
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To: Indy Pendance

The guy on the left.

I still to this day say it is a secret map of the Phillipines


57 posted on 03/02/2006 4:02:51 PM PST by PETEPARSLEY ("WHATEVER" is a coward's way of saying F U)
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To: Aussie Dasher
That bloody birthmark on his dome is now starting to resemble Iran. It used to look like Iraq when Saddam was in control.

The birthmark changes in shape whenever a new enemy of the U.S. emerges.

Leni

58 posted on 03/02/2006 4:05:36 PM PST by MinuteGal (Sail the Bounding Main to the Balmy, Palmy Caribbean on FReeps Ahoy 4. Register Now!)
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To: Aussie Dasher
Hey Gorby. Your country lost. You dont get to complain. Now go scrub that grease spot off yer noggin.

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59 posted on 03/02/2006 4:06:26 PM PST by Delta 21 ( Democrats -- a 40 year war on poverty and still no exit strategy)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Shut up Gorby.

By the way, the birthmark on your head
is really ugly.


60 posted on 03/02/2006 4:08:08 PM PST by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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