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Russia calls on U.S. to compromise on missile defense
boston.com ^ | July 5, 20 | Guy Faulconbridge

Posted on 07/05/2009 1:07:04 AM PDT by pobeda1945

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published Sunday that the United States must compromise on plans for a missile defense system in Europe to get a deal on cutting back nuclear warheads. U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Moscow Monday to meet Medvedev and discuss ways to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) before it expires on December 5. Russia says a deal on START is possible but has linked any agreement with Washington's plans to deploy a missile defense system in Europe that Moscow says is a threat to its national security.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: idiotalert; medvedev; missiles; nuclearmissiles; obama; putin; russia; stuckonstupid

1 posted on 07/05/2009 1:07:04 AM PDT by pobeda1945
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To: pobeda1945

Of course the Russians are going to cheat like they have on evert treaty since the early 1970s


2 posted on 07/05/2009 1:17:43 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld (A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone-Henry Kissinger)
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To: pobeda1945

In order to satify the START II obligations we had to completely dismantle the entire Peacekeeper missile force.The total combined firepower for all 114 ICBM’s was at around 342 MT, or 342 million tons of TNT.


3 posted on 07/05/2009 1:26:25 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld (A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone-Henry Kissinger)
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To: pobeda1945

Obi-one: No compromise! No, we would rather surrender.


4 posted on 07/05/2009 3:46:47 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ( Obama, you're off the island!)
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To: pobeda1945

It has absolutely nothing to do with Russian security and little to do with missile defense.

The Russians don’t want American troops stationed in Poland and the Czech Repubilic. They want feel free to intimidate them the way it does Georgia.


5 posted on 07/05/2009 4:40:48 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)
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To: pobeda1945

0bama has already stopped the F-22 Raptor, which gave the U.S. an “unfair advantage” over any enemy. Now the Russians want us to compromise our missile defense system...would they like us to allow perhaps 50% of enemy missiles to strike America? I’m sure the 0bama administration will appease them.


6 posted on 07/05/2009 5:15:57 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: pobeda1945

Why would they want compromise, when by simply making noise and waiting they’ll get Obambi to surrender?


7 posted on 07/05/2009 6:46:16 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: sonofstrangelove

This is a simple agreement, which 0bama will sell as a peace accord and demand the nobel prize and get (if the judges are not racist).
The Russians will allow the Amerika to dismantle their old, suspect, dangerous nukes that they could not afford to maintain (for the last dacade). In exchange, 0bama will leave western europe unprotected against any viable missle left in the Russian inventory.


8 posted on 07/05/2009 8:01:09 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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To: pobeda1945
Russia refuses to compromise on Iran, so there will be no compromise on missile defense. Russia made its choice and they chose the ayatollahs.
9 posted on 07/05/2009 1:38:20 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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