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RKP5637

(67,030 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 09:44 AM Jan 2017

"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_20170127

Former 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.

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"Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev: World Is Preparing for War'" (Original Post) RKP5637 Jan 2017 OP
the truth heaven05 Jan 2017 #1
yeppers JustAnotherGen Jan 2017 #4
Well, most of the world's nuclear weapons Nonhlanhla Jan 2017 #2
this is not good at all bdamomma Jan 2017 #3
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
1. the truth
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 09:58 AM
Jan 2017

at last. With our boy-potus, not to mention the other nuts in charge around the world, it is a definite possibility.

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