Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Russia will have to respond militarily to the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile shield in Central Europe.
The deal to place 10 interceptor missiles in Poland was reached in mid-August, and followed the signing of an agreement on July 8 by the U.S. and Czech foreign ministries to place a U.S. radar in the Czech Republic.
“These missiles are close to our borders and constitute a threat to us,” Medvedev said in an interview with Al-Jazeera television on Tuesday. “This will create additional tension and we will have to respond to it in some way, naturally using military means.”
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The Russian president said that offering NATO membership to Georgia and Ukraine, two former Soviet republics, would only aggravate the situation. He added that the Ukrainian people should be asked their opinion in national referendum. Opinion polls have consistently shown that a majority of Ukrainians are against their country joining the military alliance.
Moscow has consistently expressed its opposition to the U.S. missile shield, saying it threatens its national security. The U.S. claims the shield is designed to thwart missile attacks by what it calls “rogue states,” including Iran.
Medvedev’s statement came on the same day that Russia recognized the Georgian breakaway republic so South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The move came two weeks after Moscow concluded its operation to “force Georgia to peace” following an attack by Georgian troops on South Ossetia on August.
Western political leaders have condemned Russia’s decision leading to fears of a renewed Cold War. U.S. President George Bush said in a statement on Tuesday: “Russia’s action only exacerbates tensions and complicates diplomatic negotiations.”
“We are not afraid of anything, including the prospect of a new Cold War, but we don’t want one, and in this situation everything depends on the position of our partners,” Medvedev told the Russia Today international news channel on Tuesday.
August 27th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Here they go again, the USA has to stir up more shit around the world.How would we respond to Russia if they did the same thing in Cuba,that is right in our back yard!!ever time the price of oil starts to come down some major event like this happens and it goes right back up.So how about we attack Iran under the same BS pretense as we did in Iraq then oil should go up way past $200 a barrel,the Bush family would love that.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:13 am
the bush gangsters have succeeded in throwing the world into another cold war.whats the point of building a missile defense shield that’s only be destroyed by Russia .Since elected this man and his cohorts has done everything possible to bring hardship to the American people .Congress has not lifted a finger to stop this lunatic from destroying whats left of this country.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:40 am
When are you Americans going to take control and reign these evil people in? I mean what does it take? You run out and bark at the moon, and then go back to doing whatever you were doing before you noticed a new shit storm approaching…Don’t get me wrong, Americans, like everybody elses on this rock are great for the most part, but I just don’t get it. “They” must be putting something in the Budweiser….I just don’t get it. But what I do get is that the whole world has to pay for it in one form or another and the rest of the planet is getting a bit “tired” of it.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:34 am
The west seems to want to provoke a first strike attack from Russia. It would be a handy global crisis to get the ball rolling for the biometric tagging of the survivors.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Don’t you get it yet? In Busharo’s world white is black and black and up is down, etc… this is exactly the Cuban missile crisis but in reverse. I agree with Robert… what will it take for this Bushit to stop. Don’t you know American people that you don’t need elections to take back your government? Read your Constitution!
August 27th, 2008 at 10:14 am
JUST REMEMBER ONE THING IF THE BRIAN POWER IS STILL THERE, THE ZIONIST JEWISH ARE BEHIND THE SCENE AS USUAL, AND HAVE BEEN IN ALL AMERICAN’S CONFLICT’S AND THE INSTIGATOR.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
In case anyone wants to know the real covert reasoning behind the Georgian attacks on South Ossetia one should also read this:
http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a2869.htm#001
Rest assured the US/Israeli false flag attack on Russians in South Ossetia was only a small part of a much larger covert provocation specifically designed to throw Russia into the Iranian/Muslim camp.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:51 am
HAhaha!! You people are stupid enough to sit here and blame USA for controlling the world? You have a rude awakening coming real soon.
THINK about it people. The youngest nation on earth, and you give them this much credit?
Look beyond what you are being force fed by your peers.
Think and reason for yourselves. Don’t be idiots all your lives.
August 27th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Naturally.
August 27th, 2008 at 11:24 am
ALLABOUTTRUTH.ORG
August 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
johnny, you did it again…some clear thinking…good job…no jesus bull shit this time. There’s hope for you yet. XOXO
Seriously though, you’re right these Bush people are gansters and have single handedly destroyed this country, they’ve done what our ‘enemies’ couldn’t do. And congress sits by…abetting criminal behavior…after the fact ie, a crime.
Thanks for some clear thinking johnny my boy!
August 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Seriously, people… stop blaming the USA for the world being destroyed. Look beyond your mindless peers who are inundating you with raw sewage they found in the paths of the ones before them.
Wake the hell up and learn what you REALLY need to know. This is bullshit. Stop letting them control your mind. Take back your power and mind. THINK and KNOW. Garshhhh.
http://www.illuminatimatrix.wordpress.com —- for what you don’t WANT to know, but need to…
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August 27th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
so, okay, the shit has hit the fan, good. now what? this medwedejew feller is barking, ok. what will happen next? to prove they are for real, the russians will have to bomb a part of that american shield soon, and then WHAT? the usa will strike some facility of the russians etc, an escalation will happen and maybe too dangerous for both sides so they will DIVERT the conflict to, say, iran or some smaller country. etc. so round and round and round it goes.
what makes me shiver is, that even the brainier portion of the planet, some of whom might be expected to be reading and commenting this website, are deeply caught in the EVIL GOOD and BLACK WHITE scheme : the GOOD islam versus the EVIL CHRISTIAN CHILDREN SLAUGHTERERS FROM THE VATICAN . or : the SWEET russians against world hegemony americans, or the EVIL RUSSIAN BEAR AGAINST THE SAINT GEORGE BUSH etc -
nobody will give a damn who is right or who started AFTER some trigger has been pulled and some button in some nuke depot activated, no one!
it is a network of gangsters that co operates world wide in order to bring about – YOU GUESSED IT YOU NAME IT ! – .,..WAR! their favourite game !
and the PEOPLE on BOTH sides are their hijacked hostages.
we are all hostages, so maybe this website should rather be called HOSTAGE PLANET than prisonplanet because from a prison you can come out ALIVE usually, but HOSTAGES usually get KILLED.
we are all HOSTAGES in a cold chess play of good cops /bad cops and it is AMAZING how SIMILAR the people of russia, america, germany, iran, israel, china, aethiopia, peru, canada , danmark and turkey really ARE when you meet them closely and individually – its just their sick and evil LEADERS whom they ” voted ” out of ignorance, laziness or sheer impotence, who make them rush against each other in bloody wars, a russian commoner was so similar to en english country man or a german housewife in world war II it seems almost UNBELIEVABLE that evil and sick leaders have pushed them against each other in the millions!
August 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Johnny,
The gangsters are running the world and they delight in bringing misery and death to all nations, not not America.
August 27th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
MAR I have never made any reference to Jesus or stated anything of a religious nature.Before you make comments to what another persons writes make sure you are addressing the right party.Try to make an effort to get your facts straight from now on.concentrate more on what you got to say then what I say.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
HOWARD I stand corrected to all nations as well as the united states
August 27th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
I need to hurry up and evacuate out of the U.S. to some remote island far, far away……..my government is picking a fight with the Russians and Iranians at the same time, while we’re already at war with Iraq and Afghanistan………….nothing good can come out of this.
To add the cherry on top, we’re headed into an economic collapse…….the future of America is so dark that somebody is going to need a flashlight soon just to see in front of them.
August 28th, 2008 at 2:26 am
You, guys ever think to consider that
its all bs..here’s my observation
or election 08..(fear is a good measure to s wade you vote to maybe
vote for mc ain. if they are all cola berating together small sacrifices are meaningless.
August 28th, 2008 at 3:09 am
The point is that everyone is very very tired of being pushed around, everyone and now they don’t really give a F–k! and are ready to have it out with the USA.Even rag tag hungry foot soldiers of Iraq and afganistan are like okay, ‘you ant to enslave and kill us’ Come on! we are not going to take it anymore, come on! we have nothing to loose since you have destroyed all we have got, killed all you can,come on! we are no really ready to end it all. F–K the future, we are not going to go out as punks! you have a lot more to loose than us. Come on! Dammit! or just leave us alone and go back to your wonderful sick life.The maddest thing is that of all rough boxers, the geriatric imbeciles lead by Cheney and Bush have chosen to rumble ith the russians. Everyone knos this is plain utter stupidity and sheer insanity. The Rusukies do not give a shit! they will f–k us up! any time anywhere! simple becuase we cannot defeat them on the ground or with nukes.If the Bush monkeys continue this bullsh-t, you all are going to withness what is mean’t by focused pain.The Russians are dangerous, particularly hen you go looking to f–k with them in their sitting room. It’s all sounding all MTV for the meantime, you just wait until these idiots continue this rubbish and the soviets snap and start sreaming ‘ we are not going to take this anymore’ People it will be too late. Buy tickets for Namibia or madagascar and leave now except you love the idea of being cremated on you sofa, or simply vote out these satan’s spawns in November and vote out every present senator or rep who has had a job for the last 8 years. Obama will be a dissappointment, that is guaranteed because he is just a puppet like Bush, he has to payback all the crooks who are funding him.The chances of him remaining in power if elected is 20%.He will be lame at best, or physically taken out.The real president will be Biden, much like Cheney is to Bush. The scenario might play out that Obama will be bumped by handover while Buah is has the finger on the button, wheh then he will declare martial law as people loose it an start burning stuff down, meaning that the fema camps will be put to good use and the real toturing and branding of the wretched populace will be taken to new level. Welcome to the POLICE STATE.You are already in it so stop fidgeting. It is your country