Russia “Resets” To Nuclear-Weapons, “Military-Purpose Spacecraft” Expansion -- Hot Air
In early 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a supposed “reset button,” intended to symbolize a new era of friendship between the two nations after the retirement of George W. Bush. The button didn’t actually say “reset” in Russian; thanks to a faulty State Department translation, it said “overcharge,” and was written in Latin rather than Cyrillic script. That was an embarrassingly silly start to the so-called “smart power” foreign policy of the Obama administration, which thought that Russia could be wooed through sweet talk into supporting US interests. Despite the reset button and a retreat on the anti-missile shield that left our allies in Poland and the Czech Republic holding the political bag, Russia has not changed its position at all on Iran, Georgia, or any other US security or economic concerns.
And now, thanks to a new militarization push by Vladimir Putin, the only thing that may be reset is Russia’s nuclear arsenal:
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My Comment: Whats my take .... this is the sentiment in Russia today .... so do not be surprised with this military buildup. As to the spirit of a U.S.-Russian reset .... my nationality is Russian and so I follow the news in Russia very closely .... so trust me .... while American pundits and officials gushed about a new era of U.S.-Russian relations, the Russian view towards President Obama/Secretary of State Clinton's policy of a reset was never (even remotely) taken seriously. What is even worse is that while then President Putin and President Bush had a working and cordial relationship .... there is none between President Obama and the soon to be incoming President Putin today.