Return of the Cold War
In These Times
by Tony Wesolowsky
02/27/07
As if the Bush administration didn’t already have its hands full with the ‘war on terror’ spiraling out of control in Iraq and Afghanistan, its Jan. 20 announcement that it plans to expand the proposed U.S. missile defense system into the former Warsaw Pact nations Poland and the Czech Republic is threatening to re-kindle the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken out forcefully against the proposal, calling it emblematic of the United States’ ‘increasing disregard for the fundamental principles of international law.’ In response, he threatened to pull Russia out of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, which spells out how many soldiers and how much military hardware can be deployed throughout the continent...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3053/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Tony Wesolowsky
02/27/07
As if the Bush administration didn’t already have its hands full with the ‘war on terror’ spiraling out of control in Iraq and Afghanistan, its Jan. 20 announcement that it plans to expand the proposed U.S. missile defense system into the former Warsaw Pact nations Poland and the Czech Republic is threatening to re-kindle the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken out forcefully against the proposal, calling it emblematic of the United States’ ‘increasing disregard for the fundamental principles of international law.’ In response, he threatened to pull Russia out of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, which spells out how many soldiers and how much military hardware can be deployed throughout the continent...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3053/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 28. Feb, 17:54
