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Hugo Chavez

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Russia suspends participation in treaty
« on: July 14, 2007, 03:53:21 PM »
Just as predicted by... uhm... yea by about everyone but the neocons... Or was it, they did seem to looooove the cold war days... ::)

Far be it from anyone to cast a shadow over the famous Maine lobster. But even this fabled treat failed to work as a sweetener on Russian President Vladimir Putin. On the way to Kennebunkport, where President George W. Bush's family were receiving "friend Vladimir" earlier his month, Putin had been particularly fretting about the prospective deployment in Europe of the U.S. Anti-Ballistic Missile system (ABM), a shield against missiles that rogue countries, Iran in particular, may be able to launch in future. In addition to ABM, which Putin considers a threat to Russia, NATO failed to ratify the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) - a key European arms control treaty that has been regulating the deployment of troops and the monitoring of weapons systems on the continent since 1990. Still, the Kennebunkport was full of good cheer, great fishing and conciliatory hints that these newly risen U.S.-Russian tensions would soon ease up.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20070714/wl_time/whyputinpulledoutofakeytreaty