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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev: World Is Preparing for War'"
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ex-soviet-leader-mikhail-gorbachev-world-preparing-war-n712891?cid=eml_nnn_20170127Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Friday that "it all looks as if the world is preparing for war."
Gorbachev, who was head of the socialist state when it dissolved in 1991, wrote the comments in an opinion piece for Time magazine.
"More troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers are being brought to Europe," the 85-year-old wrote. "NATO and Russian forces and weapons that used to be deployed at a distance are now placed closer to each other, as if to shoot point-blank."
The 1990 Nobel Peace Prize-winner added: "Politicians and military leaders sound increasingly belligerent and defense doctrines more dangerous. Commentators and TV personalities are joining the bellicose chorus. It all looks as if the world is preparing for war."
Thousands of U.S. troops have been sent to eastern Europe in recent weeks, the largest deployment of its kind since the Cold War.
Gorbachev oversaw an agreement with the U.S. to reduce their nuclear arsenals. President Donald Trump, however, has suggested he could bolster the number of such weapons at his disposal, something that would reverse decades of American policy.
Gorbachev, who was head of the socialist state when it dissolved in 1991, wrote the comments in an opinion piece for Time magazine.
"More troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers are being brought to Europe," the 85-year-old wrote. "NATO and Russian forces and weapons that used to be deployed at a distance are now placed closer to each other, as if to shoot point-blank."
The 1990 Nobel Peace Prize-winner added: "Politicians and military leaders sound increasingly belligerent and defense doctrines more dangerous. Commentators and TV personalities are joining the bellicose chorus. It all looks as if the world is preparing for war."
Thousands of U.S. troops have been sent to eastern Europe in recent weeks, the largest deployment of its kind since the Cold War.
Gorbachev oversaw an agreement with the U.S. to reduce their nuclear arsenals. President Donald Trump, however, has suggested he could bolster the number of such weapons at his disposal, something that would reverse decades of American policy.
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"Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev: World Is Preparing for War'" (Original Post)
RKP5637
Jan 2017
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heaven05
(18,124 posts)1. the truth
at last. With our boy-potus, not to mention the other nuts in charge around the world, it is a definite possibility.
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)4. yeppers
Sadly so - yeppers.
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)2. Well, most of the world's nuclear weapons
are in the hands of Putin and Trump. Think about that.
bdamomma
(63,650 posts)3. this is not good at all
we need to get tRump out before this happens this is what tRump wants.