Hours after Obama won the presidency last night, President Dmitry Medvedev promised to install missile launchers capable of hitting American soil if the US doesn't back out of Bush's missile-defense program. Those missile launchers would most likely be installed on -- you guessed it -- Kamchatka Peninsula. I have a feeling Obama knows better than to get entrenched in Cold War part deux.
On the bright side, Medvedev granted Obama a 'fresh-start' with Moscow. Let's hope this guy is as smart as we all think he is, and takes on this diplomatic challenge with ease.
Read the NY Times article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/world/europe/06russia.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
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