Russian President Puts West On Notice -hey cheny STFU....

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(CBS/ AP) President Dmitry Medvedev declared Saturday that "Russia is a nation to be reckoned with" following its war with Georgia, again putting the West on notice that Moscow is prepared to use it military and economic might.

With a U.S. Navy ship unloading aid off Georgia's Black Sea coast within shooting distance of Russian troops, Medvedev's comments were another reminder that the Kremlin views last month's war as the start of a new era in Russian assertiveness.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, said "the truth is on our side" and likened the situation in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia with Srebrenica - the Bosnian town that was the site of Europe's worst mass carnage since World War II.

In France, the European Union's 27 foreign ministers were reluctant to provoke Moscow, with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner saying the EU did not plan to impose sanctions against Russia.

"Russia must remain a partner, it's our neighbor, it's a large country and there is no question to go back to a Cold War situation, that would be a big mistake," Kouchner said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/06/world/printable4422709.shtml

[Muttocracy]

1. Cheney and Rice should be on the no-fly list. nt

[malaise]

2. Old Europe cannot wait to see the backs of Bush and Cheney

they know these two monsters have no problem filling up body bags with European children as long as they achieve their aims.

[PDJane]

3. No kidding.

If the Russians close off their supply routes to Afghanistan, that leaves the troops in Afghanistan stranded, since Pakistan (due to US provocations) has closed off supply routes to Afghanistan.

There is no cavalry to rescue the troops. The US doesn't have them, Britain doesn't have them, Canada doesn't have them. So. What then? Nukes?

This is a stupid and dangerous game.

[fortyfeetunder]

4. Let's get Sarah Palin's opinion-

after all she has executive experience!!!