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Moscow moves to counter NATO
By M K Bhadrakumar
Many people wouldn't know that former United States president [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]Ronald [COLOR=green !important]Reagan's[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] signature phrase "trust, but verify" is actually the translation of a Russian proverb - doveryai, no proveryai. Two decades into the post-Cold War era, Moscow wants to reclaim the self-contradictory phrase from the American repertoire and apply it to Russia's "reset" of ties with the United States.
The shellacking that US President Barack Obama received in the mid-term elections to [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]congress[/COLOR][/COLOR]
, WikiLeaks disclosures about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plans to defend against "possible Russian aggression", the announcement of the US decision to deploy an air force detachment at Lask Air Base in Poland, the belligerent speech last week by Senator John McCain calling into question the entire philosophy behind the reset with
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By M K Bhadrakumar
Many people wouldn't know that former United States president [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]Ronald [COLOR=green !important]Reagan's[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] signature phrase "trust, but verify" is actually the translation of a Russian proverb - doveryai, no proveryai. Two decades into the post-Cold War era, Moscow wants to reclaim the self-contradictory phrase from the American repertoire and apply it to Russia's "reset" of ties with the United States.
The shellacking that US President Barack Obama received in the mid-term elections to [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]congress[/COLOR][/COLOR]
, WikiLeaks disclosures about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plans to defend against "possible Russian aggression", the announcement of the US decision to deploy an air force detachment at Lask Air Base in Poland, the belligerent speech last week by Senator John McCain calling into question the entire philosophy behind the reset with
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/LL14Ag01.html
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