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Medvedev Sends President-Elect a Tough Message ( Russian President Derides U.S. Policy, ....)
Wall Street Journal ^
| NOVEMBER 5, 2008, 11:46 P.M. ET
| ALAN CULLISON
Posted on 11/06/2008 8:06:30 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
MOSCOW -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a chilly reception to the incoming U.S. administration, threatening to station missiles deep inside Europe and lambasting the U.S. for "selfish" foreign-policy and economic blunders.
Reuters
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's address showed few signs of a hoped-for softening toward the West.
Mr. Medvedev also proposed extending the term of the Russian president to six years from four, a change that may benefit his predecessor and prime minister, Vladmir Putin, who may run for president again in 2012.
Without mentioning U.S. President-elect Barack Obama by name, Mr. Medvedev said he hoped the new administration in Washington will take steps to improve badly damaged U.S. ties with Russia. But he suggested it is up to Washington, not Moscow, to improve relations.
"We have no problem with the American people, no inborn anti-Americanism," he said.
Mr. Medvedev's speech, his first state-of-the-nation address since he became president in May, bore few signs of a hoped-for softening toward the West, or of the authoritarian political system established under Mr. Putin.
Germany's foreign ministry called Mr. Medvedev's plan to deploy missiles in response to U.S. plans for an antimissile system "a wrong signal at the wrong time."
The Kremlin has repeatedly called on Washington to abandon the planned missile system.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; medvedev; obama; obamatransitionfile; putin; russia
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
his first international test..biden said it wouldn’t be long in coming..
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:09:32 AM PST
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(I'm a Patriot Guard Rider. www.patriotguard.org for info. MAVERICK/BARRACUDA '08)
To: NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; BOBTHENAILER; Marine_Uncle; blam; SunkenCiv; ...
First test coming for the new guy.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I would not like to be an American ally in Eastern Europe after January. Poor b*stards.
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:10:15 AM PST
by
agere_contra
(So ... where's your birth certificate, Mr Obama?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What test? A taste test for vodka? My guess is that our enemies are going to give BO a pass so all his followers can continue to blame Bush/Cheney for all the evil in the world.
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:10:54 AM PST
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
How much of our security will Zero give away to stay in the good graces of tyrants like Medvedev?
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:11:16 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Obama, you are NOT my President!)
To: agere_contra
Barry will fold up like a cheap suit. Good bye Poland, Ukraine, Baltic States...
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Quick, someone find a cheap deck chair and time how fast it takes to fold it.
Something tells me Obammuah will best you time.
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:13:09 AM PST
by
VanDeKoik
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Unless pres. Bush can do something I think they probably timed this ‘signal’ about right. For them.
Too bad we have an incoming that doesn’t believe that the US is nobody’s *itch. We should probably call him ‘bendover Barry’.
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:14:42 AM PST
by
ReneeLynn
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I’m sure Obama thinks the fault is with the US, and he will comply with Russian wishes fully. That should diffuse things until the Russians want more, and Obama gives them more. People of Europe should be very afraid. When something happens, the US won’t be there to help.
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:16:25 AM PST
by
pallis
To: pallis
The Europeans deserve everything they’ve got coming to them. I should know, I’m from there. They hated Bush, actually they’ve hated all of America for decades, and they were all rooting for Obama, so now they have got him. Eat it, Europe. You got what you wished for.
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:20:43 AM PST
by
bergmeid
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Don’t worry, “this guy’s got a spine of steel”. LOL
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Golly Gee, Biden was so perceptive....
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:21:41 AM PST
by
Postman
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I feel so comfortable knowing Obama will be at the helm come January 20. /sarc
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:21:56 AM PST
by
ChocChipCookie
(Homeschool like your kids' lives depend on it.)
To: bergmeid
That level of schadenfreude will prove very costly to the rest of us.
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:22:54 AM PST
by
Postman
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Well, Mr. Obama you have just been called out. How will you respond?
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:25:12 AM PST
by
CharacterCounts
(Wanted: Snappy, erudite tag line.)
To: taketheredpill
Spine of steel and feet of clay!
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:26:23 AM PST
by
CharacterCounts
(Wanted: Snappy, erudite tag line.)
To: Postman
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:30:25 AM PST
by
bergmeid
To: GeorgiaDawg32
What will happen when Iran tests a nuclear weapon next February, how will Obama react? Diplomacy and weak UN sanctions have done nothing to date to stop the coming crisis, and the Europeans have no stomach to forcefully (very tough sanctions or the threat of force) confront Tehran. The One would probably claim that Tehran has assured him that they have no intention of attacking Israel or ever using these weapons for offensive purposes. I’m sure the mullahs will relay that the weapons are for defensive purposes only. Next I’m sure the messiah will urge more useless diplomacy in order to pressure Tehran into giving up it’s keys to the nuclear club, something I highly doubt the mullahs would ever do. After Iran tells Obama to stick it, you can bet that Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia will institute or greatly accelerate their own research and development of nuclear weapons. Something they would never consider if we had consensus here at home and abroad to do what needs to be done.
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:43:29 AM PST
by
moose2004
(Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drill, Drll And Then Drill Some More)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I fully expect to surrender too/attempt to bribe Russia...
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posted on
11/06/2008 8:47:47 AM PST
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
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