Top Russian general calls U.S. expansion top national security threat

AP ^ | February 9, 2007

[EagleUSA]

Looks like ole Commie Ivan is coming back in spades. I guess Putin better save all that arms cash he is making off of Iran....he will need it if he wants another arms race.

[Chi-townChief]

Turnabout is fair play.

[LtdGovt]

I'm starting to appreciate Robert Gates.

[MARKUSPRIME]

Those nations listed are the "problem" regimes of the world. Im glad we are finally naming the enemies of the west.

[SomeoneNeedsToSayIt]

I'm getting a real bad vibe from this guy!

I don't think he trusts the U.S.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[sono]

[bkepley]

Must suck to be a Russian.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[AdmSmith]

The KGB is taking over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration shows growing discontent with the activity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This fact is being exploited by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the Military Intelligence Service (GRU). This is being reported by the Russian edition Russkiy Kurier, referring to its own sources in country's leadership.

It is noted that the Presidential administration is particularly uneasy about the declining of the level of analytical material coming the MFA, and the decrease in the number of incoming recommendations concerning Putin's foreign policy initiatives. Main responsibility for such a situation is being placed on the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov. The same sources accuse him of sparing too much time visiting other states, while paying insufficient attention to what in happening in his own ministry.

According to Russkiy Kurier, the abovementioned Presidential administration's claims are being used by the secret services for the purpose of further discredit of the MFA, particularly in order to achieve the increase in number of their own personnel (first of all in the analytical units).
http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=1219

[etlib]

Just as the French always seem to turn out to be cowardly, the Russians inevitably turn out to be paranoid.

[EagleUSA]

...the Russians inevitably turn out to be paranoid.
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Yes, a long time trait of Ivan.

[KarlInOhio]

Top Russian general calls U.S. expansion top national security threat

U.S. expansion? Did someone show him the 53 star flag? I told you, do not let Putin see the 53 star flag until we raise it over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. We want the Baltic States to really be states.

[quantfive]

Russia is part of the beast spoken of in Revelations during the last final, great world war in which 1/3 of mankind perishes. Russia did an about face with us on joint cooperation as soon as we interfered with Russia on the Ukraine issue during the Orange Revolution. I believe history will remember this as a huge mistake by the USA. It's a different world that Bush, Cheney and Donald Rumsfield are used to in how to spread democracy. Pushing further eastward using Nato is foolish. Truth is, the Internet is doing the job of pushing democracy for us now.

People all over the world truly see how we live and communicate with all of us about our opinions, way of life and they want IN. All we really have to do about Russia and China is be patient, the younger generation that have tasted some freedoms want democracy and will rule these countries in 20-30 years. The old commies with their stupid pride and ignorance will die off.

Unfortunately I believe it's too late to prevent the third world war. Our enemies believe us weak, terrorism is spreading, and our nation is divided over Iraq. Add to this our meddling in the Ukraine thing turning Russia into an enemy overnight and you now have a recipe for disaster.

[USMMA_83]

Russia is part of the beast spoken of in Revelations during the last final, great world war in which 1/3 of mankind perishes.

See when you post garbage like that...no one takes your post seriously...

[aliquis]

True. Some of the policies were rather shortsighted. I do not believe for a minute that the Russians or the Chinese will make good allies or come to the Western view of the world (in the East, they calculate - and the Chinese are more patient than the Russians, and therefore, more dangerous). The thing to remember is that they will only pursue their own interests. The argument for ignoring them is that sooner or later, those interests will be opposite to ours and any sort of alliance that may be in place will disintegrate. On the other hand, the same tactics may result in obstructionist politics from that corner of the world, and that would not be a welcome development.

[aliquis]

I agree on the 'beast' part fully. What I think is a little bit on a shortsighted side is that I'd sooner trust the Russkies then the Saudis.

[Ramius]

Nobody with even a sitcom-only level of understanding of U.S. politics could make anybody believe that the U.S. is any threat to Russia.

Yeesh... we've got enough problems. What would we want with Russia?

[unkus]

I would trust none of them.