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Title: Putin Slams US Quest for ‘Absolute Invulnerability’
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RIA Novosti
URL Source: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120227/171545198.html
Published: Feb 26, 2012
Author: RIA Novosti
Post Date: 2012-02-26 18:58:51 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4965
Comments: 10
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin charged Monday that the United States and NATO alliance acts increasingly without regard for long-established international norms and threatens global security.
In a lengthy and strongly-worded article focusing on foreign policy issues published in the Russian daily Moskovskiye Novosti, Putin attacked US missile defense plans in Europe and accused NATO of establishing preemptory “facts on the ground” that subvert trust.
“I would not mention this topic if these games were not taking place right on Russia’s borders, if they had not undermined our security, if they did not work against stability in the world,” Putin wrote.
The Russian leader, widely expected to return to the Kremlin following presidential elections on March 4, said he agreed with those who argued that upholding human rights was the top responsibility of sovereign states.
However, he slammed the United States and its NATO allies who justify their own military intervention in third-party states with arguments about the need to defend human rights there, saying such actions create a “moral and legal vacuum” in international relations.
“When human rights are defended from outside, on a selective basis and in the process of this ‘defense’ the very same rights of many people, including the most vulnerable of them, the right to life is trampled on. We’re not talking about a noble cause but about elementary demagoguery,” Putin said.
The 59-year-old Russian leader said NATO alliance members, “above all” the United States, appear to have developed a concept of their own security that was fundamentally at odds with Russia’s understanding.
“The Americans are obsessed with the idea of ensuring their absolute invulnerability, a thing, I would point out, that is utopian and not achievable both from a technological and a geopolitical standpoint.
“And herein lies the problem. Absolute invulnerability for one means absolute vulnerability for all the others. It is impossible to agree with this perspective,” Putin wrote.
He said it was imperative that the United Nations and its Security Council retained the ability to counter the “dictate” from any group of states and said no one had the right to usurp UN prerogatives, “especially when it concerns use of force against sovereign states.”
NATO, he said, was trying to control international affairs that were outside the mandate of a “defensive alliance” and described this trend as “very serious.”
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“And herein lies the problem. Absolute invulnerability for one means absolute vulnerability for all the others. It is impossible to agree with this perspective,” Putin wrote.
I can't argue this point.
#2. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
I can't argue this point.
I've yet to find a point he made here that I could argue with.
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
“When human rights are defended from outside, on a selective basis and in the process of this ‘defense’ the very same rights of many people, including the most vulnerable of them, the right to life is trampled on. We’re not talking about a noble cause but about elementary demagoguery,” Putin said.
That is pretty true. I wonder if he really believes in it.
#4. To: Brian S (#0)
and said no one had the right to usurp UN prerogatives
He is wrong there though. For an American to agree with him on that statement is treason.
#5. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
Reports that Russian Intel just now foiled an attempt on Putin's Life.
#6. To: mcgowanjm (#5)
Thanks for the heads up on that one.
#7. To: Fred Mertz (#6)
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#8. To: mcgowanjm (#7)
The timing of the revelation in Russia that a plot to blow up Vladimir Putin shortly after his Sunday's presidential election, has been widely interpreted as a ploy to help ensure his victory ahead of the vote.
Could be - who knows.
#9. To: Fred Mertz, mcgowanjm, *Ron Paul for President* (#8)
a plot to blow up Vladimir Putin shortly after his Sunday's presidential election, has been widely interpreted as a ploy to help ensure his victory ahead of the vote
Santorum hosted an outdoor rally adjacent to the (Occupy) campsite of Tacoma, Wash., Occupy protesters Monday night. They chanted and yelled during most of the event. Two protesters were dragged away by police.Reflecting on the experience after another campaign stop Tuesday night, Santorum says it's unfortunate that some people "can get a little rowdy and sometimes a little violent."
He stole that idea from Santorum!
Ricky went trolling next to the Occupy Takoma camp and got them to yell at him, so now he has Secret Service protection, and a whole lot of sympathetic news coverage heading into the Michigan primary.
Obama voters would stop a bullet for him, he's sure to lose to Obama if he gets the nomination!
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
#10. To: hondo68 (#9)
Ricky went trolling next to the Occupy Takoma camp and got them to yell at him, so now he has Secret Service protection,
I heard this morning the gingrich has requested ss protection. He has yet to receive an answer on the request.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
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