Stick it in your ear, Gorbage can.
The Communist-wannabes have been antagonizing Americans into war for the past decade.
Sources:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0564833620080305
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTenIxgoz3k
Posted on 05/07/2008 10:00:34 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the United States of mounting an imperialist conspiracy against Russia that could push the world into a new Cold War. With Dmitry Medvedev due to be inaugurated today as Russian president, the Soviet Union's last leader said that the White House's claims of peaceful intentions towards its former superpower rival could no longer be trusted.
Delivering one of his most scathing attacks on the US, Mr Gorbachev told The Daily Telegraph that a US military build-up was under way to contain a resurgent Russia.
From Nato's expansion plans in the former Soviet Union to Washington's proposals for a bigger defence budget and a missile shield in central Europe, the US was deliberately quashing hopes for permanent peace with Russia, Mr Gorbachev said.
"We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them," he said.
"The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently.
"Every US president has to have a war."
The 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner's denunciation of the US mirrors the most belligerently anti-Western speeches of Vladimir Putin – who is said to consult Mr Gorbachev on foreign policy matters.
Mr Putin may be switching jobs to become prime minister, but many expect him to remain the most powerful figure in Russian politics.
Mr Gorbachev hinted that the former KGB spy could still direct Russia's foreign policy, leaving President Medvedev – seen by some as more liberal than his mentor – to concentrate on internal matters.
Yet if Washington blames Mr Putin's self-aggrandising rhetoric for the worst crisis in East-West relations since the Cold War, for Mr Gorbachev the blame lies entirely with the administration of President George W Bush.
"The problem is not with Russia," he said, speaking at a friend's château outside Paris.
"Russia does not have enemies and Putin is not going to start a war against the United States or any other country for that matter.
"Yet we see the United States approving a military budget and the defence secretary pledging to strengthen conventional forces because of the possibility of a war with China or Russia.
"I sometimes have a feeling that the United States is going to wage war against the entire world."
Last year, Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, told a congressional committee that America needed to boost military spending to counter myriad threats including the "uncertain paths of China and Russia".
Those comments caused uproar in Russia, with pro-Kremlin newspapers claiming they heralded the start of a new Cold War.
Tensions have already been heightened by a US proposal to build a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic to counter a nuclear strike by Iran.
Mr Gorbachev, however, claimed the plans were an aggressive act against Russia.
"Erecting elements of missile defence is taking the arms race to the next level," he said. "It is a very dangerous step."
Relations have further deteriorated after Nato promised eventual membership to Georgia and Ukraine, a move interpreted by Mr Gorbachev as an attempt to extend America's sphere of influence into Russia's backyard.
"The Americans promised that Nato wouldn't move beyond the boundaries of Germany after the Cold War but now half of central and eastern Europe are members, so what happened to their promises? It shows they cannot be trusted."
For a man hailed as one of the heroes of the 20th century, Mr Gorbachev, now 77, often sounded like the ageing hardliners he struggled against in the Kremlin during the 1980s.
He railed against a "military-industrial complex" that he insisted was the "real government" of the US and, quoting a Russian documentary on state television, suggested that Margaret Thatcher had supplied weapons to Chechen terrorists.
Still, while Mr Gorbachev may be delighted by the rebirth of what many see as Russian imperialism, many wonder whether he approves of the way in which Mr Putin has eroded freedom of expression to such an extent that some claim glasnost is dead.
"I do not think that glasnost is dead in Russia," he said.
"There is a phenomenon in the West to criticise Putin's domestic record. But in Russia he has mass support. His popularity ratings are 70 to 80 percent.
"Is this not democracy?"
I’m sure the people of Lithuania would be very interested in what Gorby has to say regarding this matter.
And the gibbering liberals in the US will nod their heads and say, “Da...Da!”
Who cares what a washed-up, loser commie thinks? Besides, we have a congress half filled with commies and we don’t care what they think either.
Can you say:
P R O J E C T I O N ?
Sounds like Gorby is doing a Jimmy Carter. Can’t get over the anger of being a failure as a leader.
Was anyone else a bit disgusted that Gorby showed up for Ronald Reagan’s funeral?
There, fixed it.
Yeah, of course, a new cold war would have nothing to do with that POS who’s in charge of the New Soviet Union.....naw....none of the blame could go there, it’s all the USA’s fault. Seeing Gorbachev spout this crap just shows how much people have lost their senses in the last 20 years. What a brainwashed tool.
Well I think it would be a phenomenal idea to take governing advice from a leader whose tenure was so successful that his country didn’t even exist anymore when he left office.
He so successfully handled the standoff with Reagan ... why wouldn’t we listen to him?
H
“We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them”...Gorby, shut up, we don’t need your stinkin’ NWO.
Now that the Enviro/Commies AGW is proving a fraud, Gorby goes ballistic...he an the Goricle should be locked up for their crimes!
Sorry Gorby, you’re communist paradise self destructed and was placed on the ash heap of history. If it makes you feel any better, though, I’m sure the fall of the USSR wasn’t due to any action of yours as its leader. It was a flawed system from the start and it was only a matter of time before it fell.
You lost the last one, Putie...
If the US wants to start another Cold War with Russia, why would the US reduce its military presence in Europe?
Now please, Mr. G, wipe that birdpoop off your head, it’s distracting.
This coming from the leader of a failed system who is now living the life of Reilly thanks to western leftist idiot environmental groups.
Vladimir Putin and Sergei Ivanov will remain in control of Russia.
Gorby has given up the Envirowacko gig to become the cheerleader for the Communist Party Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
Stick it in your ear, Gorbage can.
The Communist-wannabes have been antagonizing Americans into war for the past decade.
Sources:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0564833620080305
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTenIxgoz3k
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