Its called diplomacy. If Russia and US are able to stop Iran from its program, then the US is in no need for the missile defense that it claims is for Iran...its common sense. I here some American peers at my college saying that Obama is weak for dealing with Russia....it makes no sense to me. Weakness is believing that in order to solve every problem, you must go at it alone without regarding the opinions of others. I think Obama and Gates are actually showing strength. The Cold War is over Americans...Russia is no longer your enemy. Do you know the amount of trade that goes between your country and RUssia?
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Because most people are idiots.
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while your busy playing nice the next guy is looking to get over on you
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Uh because it is...
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Russia is no longer your enemy might have worked a year ago but they are increasingly becoming the cold war bully they were for decades before that. Why do you think a Russian bomber flew over Canada last week near the US border? They are thumbing their nose at us.
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Well, you saw President Bush - the ones that see this as a sign of weakness are typically those that supported Bush (Republicans).
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Russia is selling the arms to Iran, why would they try and stop the Iranians? No chance.
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For the last 8 years, if we did not invade and take over the world, we must be weak. Why did Repubs only invade 2 countries? One of which was just a third world country? They wanted world domination and they wanted to do it all alone. So why did they stop at 2? Because they're weak minded - as was their policy. That's part of the reason nobody wants them in office anymore.
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Ummmm did you see Russia's response to attempting to play nice? Evidently not or you would understand how wrong your assumptions on diplomacy are.
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If you don't think Russia is our enemy than you're amazing naive. What do you think was the motivation behind Russia's aggression against Georgia? Or Ukraine? They're getting to friendly with the US/Europe so Russia strikes at them. That is essentially an attack against US. So keep your "the cold war is over" bit to yourself, because the Russians chose to restart it.
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The Russians now know that they can push obama around since he immediately gave up on east Europe to accomodate the Russians
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It is very weak to trust blatant liars, Russia lied about the S-300 system it sold to Iran, so what would stop them from lying about disarmament? Some people are so gullible.
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why did obama want to hide it.?
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it acknowledges that obama has no control over the situation and that is why medvedev balked at the idea of tying those two things together, the missle shield and the iran issue. russia is helping iran, why would they stop anything, russia has drug their feet on the issue. and maybe you should tell russia the cold war is over, they have reverted back quite close to it over the past 6 or so years.
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We've tried to work with Russia since 1918, Democrats let them have the Nuclear secret and all of Eastern Europe.
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maybe they liked the cold war and they want to restart it.
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If you believe the cold war is over I have some Kool Aid for you, oh wait, it's already gone sorry. I do have a nice tin foil hat over here however...
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It was also called "diplomacy" when Neville Chamberlain sold out the Czechs and the Poles to build his "lasting peace" with Hitler. The point here is that the President of the United States is offering to break an earlier promise made to protect smaller nations (by providing missile shield technology to former Warsaw Pact nations) in order to get the much larger Russia to comply with United Nations mandates. Once again, you must look beyond the superficial and actually examine the content and context of what is really happening.
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Because working with warlords and terrorists to defeat the soviets was courageous. Working with a sovereign nation is cowardly.
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He wrote him a letter....so silly in my opinion. He should have planned a face to face meeting and gone over there. He looks like a coward and weak man in the face of Putin and the rest of the world now...he is a joke. Bush may have been a warmonger but at least he didnt look this wimpy.
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working with russia (putin) is like working with the local crack whore.they will turn on you in a heartbeat ! obama is like charlie with the football in the cartoon charlie brown.....yikes ,we are screwed.
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So the cold war is over? Why were two dozen journalist killed in Russia recently? Why was Georgia invaded? Why didn't Putin step down? Do you know how many people Putin killed with his bare hands while a field officer in eastern Europe? Why are all those missiles pointed at the US??? Ohbama is on the road to war. A bloody, bloody war.
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Red herring. I have heard no one say that. (until you did.) Why shouldn't we work with Russia on things in both of our countries' best interests?
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I believe they see him as not having earned respect in any circle. They do not respect him. None of them do, as they cannot point to actions which make his character.
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The missile defense systems are not for Iran, they are for Russia. The government can tell you what they want, but do some research and you will see that they are clearly intended to prevent Russia from launching.
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now if some day an Iranian built nuke is 'stolen' by Islamic radicals and sails into NY harbor where it goes off -- do you think the Russians will give a rat's ass?? In fact, it might well be a big bonus to their long term strategic intentions and designs. America is crippled. Or counterattack destroys Tehran. This leaves Iran in shambles and maybe Russia can just waltz in and seize the oil and the long desired ice free ports on the Indian ocean. Hmm -- maybe this is why Russia has been selling nuclear technology to Iran all along. they need the income and as long as Iran is pointed at America, why would they care if hell breaks loose in NYC??
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There is always another Iran... Meaning there is always another threat. Russia does not want a US missile defense system in Eastern Europe because it take power and control away from Russia. Russia is a growing threat again. It is reconstituting the old U.S.S.R. mentality of oppression. On top of that, while Russia will not say it is an enemy of the US, Russia goes out of it's way to aide enemies of the US. The list of countries Russia has helped behind the US's backs is long. While Russia has every right to aid whom ever they please, don't try to pretend your our friend at the same time. Call a spade a spade... I do not know the amount of trade that goes on between Russia and the US. However, I know the US dumps billions of dollars of free and heavily discounted grain and food into Russia and get little in return. Russia is staging a comeback. They are a growing threat. How else would you explain Russia not wanting a missile defense system in Europe? The same missile defense system we offered to give to them and they refused? If you honestly think Putin the puppet master is not an enemy of the US then you have your head in the sand.
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Working w Russia diplomatically on the Iranian situation is tempting. But I don't think Obama should handle it. Not Hillary either. Russia CANNOT be trusted. They are not a Western nation.
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It's not. It was Putin's telling him to kiss him between the butt cheeks and the confirmation that that's about all Barry's got that was a sign of weakness. And if Barry recognize that too, why was the letter a secret? Russia, the middle east...all of America's enemies are giddy at the appearance of Little Boy Barry.
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It's not that he's using diplomacy. All presidents, including Bush, have used negotiation and diplomacy. It's that he's already talked about eliminating the one leverage he has to use in dealing with Putin - anti-ballistic missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic. He didn't learn anything from Reagan, did he? Instead of premature and foolish talk about pulling them, he should have been pushing for rapid deployment of them. That would get Pooty-Poot to the table right quick. Now, Obama has exposed himself as an amateur. Just like JFK did to Kruschev. And we all know what happened after Kruschev found out that JFK was a patzer - we almost had a nuclear war. Putin is arguably more ruthless and shrewd than Kruschev, and has stronger leverage with the oil & gas pipelines and the close relations with Iran. It's going to get ugly folks.
