Gorbachev chides US for 'superiority'

Herald Sun ^ | 3 March 2006 | Marina Lapenkova

[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.

[toddlintown]

This from a country where their toilet paper can send you to the emergency room for wood splinter removal.

[prairiebreeze]

bumpity bump bump! super post

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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

So why does he like living here so much? Why doesn't he go home to the Motherland?!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Yes! Gorby wants us in the US to renounce our "superiority" so that we can be "world citizens" and lower our standards to be like everybody else!

Gorbachev Foundation USA
(415) 561-2345
San Francisco, CA 94102

It's a "one world" organization!

GORBACHEV'S PLAN FOR A UNITED WORLD

[eyespysomething]

It's not a complex when it's true, lol!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

And living in the Presidio, no less!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Gorbachev Foundation

[EyeGuy]

"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."

Mr Peanut Butter Cup nails it.

God certainly knew about the nasty green-eyed lady...what with making it a commandment and all.

Jealousy, in its hydra-headed manifestations, drives probably half of the Democratic vote in this country, and is of course, the root etiology of international anti-Americanism.

[ImpotentRage]

Thanks! The hypocrisy of the "elite" never ceases to astound me. And the thought that there are people who really take them seriously is even more disturbing.

[maxwellp]

I still remember Gorbachev at President Reagan's funeral when he rested his hand on the American flag-draped coffin with great reverence.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Gorbachev accused Mr Yeltsin of betraying him by signing the agreement that dissolved the Soviet Union behind his back, in December 1991. “He betrayed not only myself, but the nation,” he said. “It is an unforgivable act of treason.” - LINK

[Moonman62]

Reagan's strategy for the Cold War: We win, they lose.

[GarySpFc]

It's the system that is better and you just happened to be lucky enough to be born into it. Your comment basically reinforces his claim. Arrogance is greatest before a fall. Perhaps you should try and stay humble as God would have you.

Luck had nothing to do with our being born into this system. Rather the good Lord blessed us. That said, you are correct regarding pride going before a fall. God has blessed America, but more and more I see our country turning their back on what the Lord has given us. Many on these boards are convinced God is an American and our Constitution is the Bible. Russia has major problems, but she is turning back towards the Lord. The greatest revival in the last 300 years is happening there, not here.