Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during an interview with Russia Today, a government-funded, English-language satellite TV channel at the Presidential residence in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Defying the United States and Europe, Medvedev announced Tuesday he has signed a decree recognizing the independence of the breakaway Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)From Myway:
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is warning his country may respond to a U.S. missile shield in Europe through military means.
Medvedev says that the deployment of an anti-missile system close to Russian borders "will of course create additional tensions."
"We will have to react somehow, to react, of course, in a military way," Medvedev was quoted as saying Tuesday by the RIA-Novosti news agency.
Russian officials have already warned of a military response to the U.S. plans, but the statement by the Russian leader was likely to further aggravate already tense relations with the West. The comments come after Medvedev recognized two Georgian regions as independent nations, prompting criticism from the U.S. and Europe.
My Comment: Is he threatening war? From what is coming out of Russia, one has to assume that there will be war. But realistically, Russia is in no position to wage war against a medium size power let alone against a super power like the U.S..
Russia is going through a phase in which humiliation and disrespect is now the perception that most Russians have of how the world looks at them. How far the Russian government will now go in pursuing their nationalistic agenda .... your guess will be as good as mine.