Russia abandons key Cold War arms treaty

[lovuian]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071116/wl_afp/russianatomilitarytreatycfe5thleadwrap;_ylt=Ag9Uj_s_l1FWjHThGnZjl8Cs0NUE

MOSCOW (AFP) - The Russian senate voted Friday to suspend compliance with a key Cold War treaty limiting conventional military forces across Europe, drawing renewed Western criticism.


The unanimous vote in the upper house Federation Council followed last week's decision in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, to freeze Moscow's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty from December 12.

The 1990 CFE treaty places strict limitations on the deployment of tanks and other military hardware across Europe.

President Vladimir Putin ordered the moratorium on July 13 amid a row over US plans to install an anti-missile shield in eastern Europe.

In a statement, the Federation Council said Russia had been forced to look at suspending the treaty "for as long as all the countries of NATO have not ratified" an adapted version of the accord.
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Hey if Bush can break treaties so can Putin

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Direct consequence of stupid criminal Bushcon junta.

This development alone should be considered an impeachable offense.

[Turbineguy]

2. The Cold War.

Ahhhh, one waxes nostalgic....

November 1975. Bering Sea hunting Soviet subs. It was Cold indeed.

[lovuian]

3. US military interfering in Russia's backyard: Moscow

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hBhIQfdcBX5LIXHltwcN29PQOE_g

MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia's armed forces chief on Tuesday compared a US plan to station an anti-missile shield in central Europe to Moscow deploying missiles in Latin America.

Chief of Staff Yury Baluyevsky said on Russia Today television that the US plan to station a radar in the Czech Republic and interceptors in Poland amounted to meddling in Russia's backyard.

"When one of the viewers asked about (Russia) deploying missiles in Venezuela, to defend Venezuela from Iranian and other missiles, I would like to note that our partners from the United States are doing exactly what our viewer suggested us to do," Baluyevsky said.

Washington says it needs the missile shield to defend against possible threats from Iran and says the limited system could not threaten Russia's vast nuclear arsenal.

But Baluyevsky insisted that "those anti-missile rockets and that radar will be definitely aimed at Russia."
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Quite a little battle going on and yet Americans are snoozing in front of the football games

[no_hypocrisy]

4. That's what you can expect when this country goes unilateral in selecting

treaties it doesn't like and tells the rest of the world to piss off. Not to mention putting missiles on the border of Russia doesn't inspire cooperation.