Posted on 11/08/2014 7:21:21 PM PST by Olog-hai
Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday.
The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to “triumphalism” after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the communist bloc a quarter century ago. The result, he said, could partly be seen in the inability of global powers to prevent or resolve conflicts in Yugoslavia, the Middle East and most recently Ukraine.
“The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some are even saying that it’s already begun,” Gorbachev said at an event marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, close to the city's iconic Brandenburg Gate. …
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Whenever you hear “American exceptionalism” it means the writer or speaker both fears and hates American liberties.
Funny Gorby didn’t recognize a new ‘cold war’ until just this week.
This article, translated into the English: “The Republicans have won! The Republicans have won! Our plan to have our mole run the United States into the ground might not conclude on schedule!”
“I believe Ukraine was a premeditated trap for Russia to step in as a payback from Obama for Syrian embarrassment.”
Wow, you say A LOT of stupid shit on here, but that has got to be the dumbest thing you’ve ever said! You out do yourself almost every day, congrats!!
~Wow, you say A LOT of stupid shit on here, but that has got to be the dumbest thing you’ve ever said! You out do yourself almost every day, congrats!!~
LOL. ‘Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish’ - Euripides.
It was correct in ancient times and still this way today.
You did it again!! haha well done!
So tell me, genius Russian troll, how exactly did Obama set a trap for the glorious Putin to attack and take over Crimea and Eastern Ukraine? I’m DYING to find out!
What McCain and Nuland was doing there? What about NGOs agitating protestors? Who has developed a ‘Russian sock puppet’ myth regarding unpopular former president to shape protest in anti-Russian form? Who paid for it?
There is a cold war brewing between our StOlin wannabe and America.
I don’t even understand what you’re talking about.
I asked you a direct question...can you answer it?
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