Russian strongman Vlad Putin has a new pet American - Mitt Romney. Putin told Russian reporters he's grateful to Romney for labeling Russia "America's number one geopolitical foe."
“I’m grateful to [Romney] for formulating his stance so clearly because he has once again proven the correctness of our approach to missile defense problems,” Putin told reporters, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
Russia has long opposed NATO’s plans to build a ballistic missile defense shield, which would theoretically be able to destroy incoming Russian warheads over all of Europe by 2018, and over the United States as well by 2022. According to Putin, this would irrevocably damage Russia’s nuclear deterrent. An interim version of the shield has been up and running since May.
...Although Putin has called President Obama “a very honest man” who is “quite sincere” in his willingness to negotiate with Russia over the issue, he believes that Romney’s aggressive stance vindicates Russia’s refusal to compromise on missile defense.
“The most important thing for us is that even if [Romney] doesn’t win now, he or a person with similar views may come to power in four years. We must take that into consideration while dealing with security issues for a long perspective.”
Stupid Republican bastard.
Frankly, Putin has a point.
ReplyDeleteIt should be scary to have a guy running for POTUS who has such shallow perception and routinely doesn't think on what he's about to say.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, Putin does have a point.
Even scarier is the fact that it is portrayed by so many to be close......and even if it isn't, the ReThugs could steal another thanks to the ever sleazier, but ever more efficient Rovian techniques of voter suppression and hacked vote machines.
ReplyDeleteKKKarl Rove should be sharing a cell with O.J.