Speaking today in Petrozavodsk, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that the eastern European member nations in NATO had been forced into the missile defense shield scheme.
“The US shield has been a matter of major contention for years, and even when it was abandoned in favor of an alliance-wide deal, the deployment of missiles along the Russian frontier has sparked major concern from the Russian military.
Efforts to placate Russian involved a tie the new system into the existing Russian air defense system, but the deal kept the two systems independent while Russia wanted them to be merged entirely to prove that the missiles weren’t being deployed against Russia.
This is how the empire negotiates, and this is why empires go broke… Now that NATO has become part of the empire, it is going broke too……
But when the individual NATO countries get to the point where they can feasibly no longer sustain the expenses imposed on them by "NATO" they will re-evaluate the "advantages" of being a member. They will weigh the benefits for their citizens and respond accordingly, hopefully.
The US, on the other hand, has already proven that there is no limit to what they will pay for EMPIRE – even to the detriment of the citizens and the on-rushing collapse of the societal system – which is well on its path to fruition. Not only is the US financially broke but they are also morally broke. Time to remove them from power – just not sure that those who are lining up to replace them are any better…
It doesn't seem like the US is forcing anyone much. All of these whored countries seem to be more than happy to jump on the imperialist wagon.
The Roads To War And Economic Collapse http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Roads-To-War…
"Belief in Washington's trustworthiness even pervades the Russian government, which apparently, according to Medvedev's statement, would be reassured by a "legally binding guarantee" from Washington. After the massive lies told by Washington in the 21st century — "weapons of mass destruction," "al Qaeda connections," "Iranian nukes" — why would anyone put any credence in "a legally binding guarantee" from Washington?"
The author was an editor of the Wall Street Journal and an Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
Among the 200 comments to this article translation in Russia
"Finally, the American people are waking up, realizing that they are ruled by the bunch of warmongering adventurers."
"The US is again at its tricks. Forcing Russia to spend more on the military since the US itself is suffering economically".
"We remember about the Munich agreement. It was binding, but it didn't stop Germany from attacking the USSR. Why should we now believe the US? If we put rocket shield around them, they wouldn't ask about some guarantees.. They would go ahead and destroy such a shied. What are we waiting for?"
Some excellent Russian thoughts, but the best one was from a Russian General, "When we lie, we know we are lying and why. You Americans make the mistake of believing your lies".<