- "If
the tit-for-tat deployment of missiles continues at the pace and
trajectory that it has done over the last few years the
Polish-Russia border will become the equivalent of the North-South
Korean border – a no man’s land. And then how do we get back
from that cliff edge; what are the levers in place to try to rein in
the escalating tensions? It’s a very serious situation."
- "Russia understands as well as China (and U.S. strategists, for that matter) that the U.S. missile defense systems near Russia’s borders are, in effect, a first-strike weapon, aimed to establish strategic primacy — immunity from retaliation.”
- "The pretext for stationing these missiles in Poland was to deter a threat from Iran, but their nuclear problem has been solved. From Iran, there is no threat and there never had been,The only reason that was used by U.S.—to start building the Missile Defense Shield—disappeared. We [Russia] might have expected that a system of MDS development to be halted. Some days ago, the first tests of USA’s MDS were conducted in Europe. What does that mean? It means that when we were arguing with our American partners we were right. Russia was right from the beginning that the American Missile Defense Shield program was being developed with the goal to destroy strategic balance and to have a way to dictate her power to everyone. They were trying to deceive us, and the whole world, once again. And, to put it simply, we were lied to.”
- "... the situation between the U.S. and Russia today is more dangerous than it was during the Cold War. For Russia, a Ukraine dominated by a third power, with forces deployed in Ukraine, represents a fundamental threat to its national security."
- "Over the past 25 years, we haven't been able to establish stable relations with Russia, but Russia is our neighbor, it's an EU external border, it is important... to go on working in the framework of the Russia-NATO Council, and the common fight against Islamic terrorism.”
- "It's NATO, not Russia, that has deployed tanks to Poland & Baltic States"
- "What kind of relationship do we want with the US? One [based on] pragmatism, mutual respect, and an understanding of special responsibility for global stability. NATO's expansion has led to an unprecedented level of tension over the last 30 years in Europe. Russia is not looking for conflicts with anyone, but will always be able to protect its interests.”
- "....the United States is inciting a deadly war against Russia that “could result in total destruction” of both countries. The growing conflict between the United States and Russia over the Ukraine conflict is a result of Washington struggling to maintain its hegemony and making extremely provocative moves in Eastern Europe.“
- "The conflict that Washington has created with Russia is entirely Washington’s doing.”
* Philip Todd in the European columnist for The American Constituionalist.
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