Putin does not accept the "unipolar" world model. As he said in
Munich, the unipolar world refers to "a world in which there is one
master, one sovereign---- one centre of authority, one centre of
force, one centre of decision-making. At the end of the day this is
pernicious not only for all those within this system, but also for
the sovereign itself because it destroys itself from within.... What is
even more important is that the model itself is flawed because at its
basis there is and can be no moral foundations for modern
civilization."
He added:
"Unilateral and frequently illegitimate actions have not resolved any
problems. Moreover, they have caused new human tragedies and created
new centers of tension. Judge for yourselves---wars as well as local
and regional conflicts have not diminished. More are dying than
before. Significantly more, significantly more!
Today we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper use of force –
military force – in international relations, force that is plunging
the world into an abyss of permanent conflicts.
We are seeing a greater and greater disdain for the basic principles
of international law. And independent legal norms are, as a matter of
fact, coming increasingly closer to one state's legal system. One
state and, of course, first and foremost the United States, has
overstepped its national borders in every way. This is visible in the
economic, political, cultural and educational policies it imposes on
other nations. Well, who likes this? Who is happy about this?
In international relations we increasingly see the desire to resolve
a given question according to so-called issues of political
expediency, based on the current political climate. And of course
this is extremely dangerous. It results in the fact that no one feels
safe. I want to emphasise this – no one feels safe! Because no one
can feel that international law is like a stone wall that will
protect them. Of course such a policy stimulates an arms race.
I am convinced that we have reached that decisive moment when we must
seriously think about the architecture of global security."
How can anyone dispute Putin's analysis?
"Unilateral and illegitimate military actions", the "uncontained
hyper-use of force", the "disdain for the basic principles of
international law", and most importantly; "No one feels safe!"
These are the irrefutable facts. Putin has simply summarized the Bush
Doctrine better than anyone else.
The Bush administration has increased its frontline American bases to
five thousand men on Russia's perimeter. Is this conduct of
a "trustworthy ally"?
Also, NATO has deployed forces on Russia's borders even while Putin
has continued to fulfill his treaty obligations and move troops and
military equipment hundreds of miles away.
As Putin said on Tuesday: "We have removed all of our heavy weapons
from the European part of Russia and put them behind the Urals"
and "reduced our Armed Forces by 300,000. We have taken several other
steps required by the Adapted Conventional Armed Forces Treaty in
Europe (ACAF). But what have we seen in response? Eastern Europe is
receiving new weapons, two new military bases are being set up in
Romania and in Bulgaria, and there are two new missile launch areas --
a radar in Czech republic and missile systems in Poland. And we are
asking ourselves the question: what is going on? Russia is disarming
unilaterally. But if we disarm unilaterally then we would like to see
our partners be willing to do the same thing in Europe. On the
contrary, Europe is being pumped full of new weapons systems. And of
course we cannot help but be concerned."
(This is why Putin's comments did not appear in the western media!
They would have been too damaging to the Bush administration and
their expansionist plans)
Who Destroyed the ABM?
Putin said:
Munich, the unipolar world refers to "a world in which there is one
master, one sovereign---- one centre of authority, one centre of
force, one centre of decision-making. At the end of the day this is
pernicious not only for all those within this system, but also for
the sovereign itself because it destroys itself from within.... What is
even more important is that the model itself is flawed because at its
basis there is and can be no moral foundations for modern
civilization."
He added:
"Unilateral and frequently illegitimate actions have not resolved any
problems. Moreover, they have caused new human tragedies and created
new centers of tension. Judge for yourselves---wars as well as local
and regional conflicts have not diminished. More are dying than
before. Significantly more, significantly more!
Today we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper use of force –
military force – in international relations, force that is plunging
the world into an abyss of permanent conflicts.
of international law. And independent legal norms are, as a matter of
fact, coming increasingly closer to one state's legal system. One
state and, of course, first and foremost the United States, has
overstepped its national borders in every way. This is visible in the
economic, political, cultural and educational policies it imposes on
other nations. Well, who likes this? Who is happy about this?
In international relations we increasingly see the desire to resolve
a given question according to so-called issues of political
expediency, based on the current political climate. And of course
this is extremely dangerous. It results in the fact that no one feels
safe. I want to emphasise this – no one feels safe! Because no one
can feel that international law is like a stone wall that will
protect them. Of course such a policy stimulates an arms race.
I am convinced that we have reached that decisive moment when we must
seriously think about the architecture of global security."
How can anyone dispute Putin's analysis?
"Unilateral and illegitimate military actions", the "uncontained
hyper-use of force", the "disdain for the basic principles of
international law", and most importantly; "No one feels safe!"
These are the irrefutable facts. Putin has simply summarized the Bush
Doctrine better than anyone else.
The Bush administration has increased its frontline American bases to
five thousand men on Russia's perimeter. Is this conduct of
a "trustworthy ally"?
Also, NATO has deployed forces on Russia's borders even while Putin
has continued to fulfill his treaty obligations and move troops and
military equipment hundreds of miles away.
As Putin said on Tuesday: "We have removed all of our heavy weapons
from the European part of Russia and put them behind the Urals"
and "reduced our Armed Forces by 300,000. We have taken several other
steps required by the Adapted Conventional Armed Forces Treaty in
Europe (ACAF). But what have we seen in response? Eastern Europe is
receiving new weapons, two new military bases are being set up in
Romania and in Bulgaria, and there are two new missile launch areas --
a radar in Czech republic and missile systems in Poland. And we are
asking ourselves the question: what is going on? Russia is disarming
unilaterally. But if we disarm unilaterally then we would like to see
our partners be willing to do the same thing in Europe. On the
contrary, Europe is being pumped full of new weapons systems. And of
course we cannot help but be concerned."
(This is why Putin's comments did not appear in the western media!
They would have been too damaging to the Bush administration and
their expansionist plans)
Who Destroyed the ABM?
Putin said:
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