Russia's threat to aim weapons at Europe if the US sets up a missile defence shield there was "unhelpful and unwelcome", Nato has said. The US says it wants missile defence in eastern Europe to counter threats from states like Iran and North Korea. On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Iran was not a threat to the US, hinting that Russia was the target. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will have "frank" talks with Mr Putin this week about the threat. 'Stormy summit' Washington wants to deploy interceptor rockets in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic to counter what it describes as a potential threat from "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea. It insists the shield is not aimed at Russia.
The US says it wants missile defence in eastern Europe to counter threats from states like Iran and North Korea.
On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Iran was not a threat to the US, hinting that Russia was the target.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will have "frank" talks with Mr Putin this week about the threat.
'Stormy summit'
Washington wants to deploy interceptor rockets in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic to counter what it describes as a potential threat from "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.
It insists the shield is not aimed at Russia.
The US is deploying a weapons system that doesn't work to protect the EU against countries that don't have the technology to launch a nuclear attack.
OK.
Whatever.
Publicly laughing his ass off about what an utter dumbshit Bush is being would be discourteous to a fellow head of state. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
Where bluster meets something more solid. It'll be interesting.
