"Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century," he said. Mr Bush also said Russia had damaged its credibility with the West by invading Georgia.
His broadside came after Poland and the United States signed a deal to build a controversial missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, and Mr Gates said Russia's behaviour in Georgia had "called into question the entire premise" of relations between Washington and Moscow.
During the sharpest exchanges yet between the two governments, Mr Gates warned on Thursday that the relationship "could be adversely affected for years to come" if Russian forces stayed in Georgia.
However, he said American involvement would be restricted to humanitarian aid. "I don't see any prospect for the use of military force by the United States in this situation," Mr Gates said. "Is that clear enough?"
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All very formal communications. Displayed are calculated levels of opposition. This is a non issue as it has been portrayed.
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all of this becomes a distraction away from Iran, which is the "reason" we are putting missiles into Poland...
Let's not kid ourselves Glass... those missiles have nothing to do with Iran or very little... it is for defensive purposes from Russia... we just say it's about Iran to cloud it's true intentions..
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"Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century," he said. Mr Bush also said Russia had damaged its credibility with the West by invading Georgia.
bush said that with a straight face? hasnt that been our foreign policy for years?
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Once again, it's all about oil, no matter what the head Bear and the head Eagle say.
We need to pull out of Iraq, and put the money we have been wasting there into a full speed head R&D program on finding entirely non-fossil fuel (and non-carbon, wherever possible) techniques that will allow us to ignore the scarcity of oil.
Without that sort of energy independence, China is doomed to replace us in the world's economy and Russia in military matters. It isn't maybe, it is guaranteed.
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posted 16-08-2008 08:19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century," he said. -------------------------------------------------
I can't believe he had the nerve to say that to the American people.
Since when does he respect freedom,or premote it?
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