Posted on 12/24/2021 12:40:25 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
Edited on 12/24/2021 12:46:12 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Friday that Washington grew "arrogant and self-confident" after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading to the expansion of the NATO military alliance.
In recent years, President Vladimir Putin has grown increasingly insistent that NATO is encroaching close to Russia's borders, and Moscow last week demanded "legal guarantees" that the U.S.-led alliance will halt its eastward expansion.
"How can one count on equal relations with the United States and the West in such a position?" Gorbachev told state news agency RIA Novosti on the eve of the anniversary of his resignation as the leader of the USSR.
He noted the "triumphant mood in the West, especially in the United States" after the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991.
"They grew arrogant and self-confident. They declared victory in the Cold War," Gorbachev, 90, said.
They grew arrogant and self-confident until the democrats found out how to rig elections color them gone.
The Russians aren’t very forth coming on how they were chummy with the Krauts until Adolf decided he didn’t need a partner anymore.
“They declared victory in the Cold War”
That’s because we freakin won....this crying is faggotry.
If we would have collapsed, the world would be a Soviet shit show, with no real capital or markets.
You aint seen nothin Russia...in 15 years Ukraine will be part of NATO, unless you wish to occupy it.
Thanks, I’ll check that out.
From Russia With Love.
The mistake was electing a neocon President after Reagan won the cold war. F’ing neocons don’t want peace, they are the war war war party. I will never ever vote for a hated neocon.
Another useless neocon war. Wasting lives and treasure is all the neocons are good for.
This is silly. We’ve always been arrogant.
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