Every U.S. President Has To Have A War - Gorbachev

[Purveyor]

MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Promises made by U.S. leaders cannot be trusted, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph published on Wednesday.

"The Americans promised that NATO wouldn't move beyond the boundaries of Germany after the Cold War, but now half of central and eastern Europe are members, so what happened to their promises? It shows they cannot be trusted," he said in Paris.

He also said that Washington's claims that a missile defense system it is planning to build in central Europe was aimed exclusively at countering the threat from so-called rogue states could not be believed either.

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He continued that that "erecting elements of missile defense is taking the arms race to the next level. It is a very dangerous step".

"I sometimes have a feeling that the United States is going to wage war against the entire world," the former Soviet leader said.

"The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently. Every U.S. president has to have a war," he concluded, also saying that the world had squandered the chance in the decade after the Cold War to "build a new world order."

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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080507/106798164.html

[marmar]

1. Gorbi makes some sense.....

n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

3. Gorbi makes ALOT of sense. n/t

[liberal N proud]

2. Hmmm?

[orion9941]

4. I have to agree with him.

I felt that right after the fall of the Soviet Union would have been a perfect time to look at a global new 'New Deal'.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Isn't it sad when the truth is more often spoken by our 'enemies' than by our 'leaders'?

"The United States cannot tolerate anyone acting independently. Every U.S. president has to have a war," he concluded, also saying that the world had squandered the chance in the decade after the Cold War to "build a new world order."

[DB1]

6. Only if they want a second term. See Carter and Kennedy.

[Harry Monroe]

11. Kennedy ???!!!

Kennedy was assassinated during his first term. He never got a chance to run for a 2nd term. Or don't you study history??

[nichomachus]

7. Someone needs to send Gorby

a copy of the PNAC manifesto, in which Cheney, Rummy, Wolfowitz, Gingrich and others propose exactly to wage a war against the whole world.

That's their plan.

Vote for McCain or simply don't vote for the Dem nominee and that's what you'll get.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. "don't vote for the Dem nominee and that's what you'll get"

OR vote for the Dem if it's Hillary and that's still what you'll get.

With Obama, maybe it's better. Who knows.

Got to pick the best Dem...

[nichomachus]

9. Yes we do

but it's so important to have a huge Dem turnout because our only hope -- no matter who gets in the White House -- is to have a huge majority in Congress, and we need coattails for that.

[FiveGoodMen]

10. No argument there.