Putin Continues To Act Suspiciously

J.J. Jackson* | April 29, 2007

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to act wonky about the United States developing a “missile shield” to intercept attacks from foreign countries.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday renewed criticism of U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield in Eastern Europe, saying Russia would take “appropriate measures” to counter the system.

So now one has to ask how you “counter” a missile shield. And I think the answer is obvious; you develop offensive weapons to neutralize it.

I understand that Mr. Putin still has a bit of an inferiority complex about his nation’s role in the world but come on. You know the man is out of it when he makes comments like this

“We do not understand … what is happening in Europe now that requires such aggressive actions,” Putin said. “We see no arguments for deploying the missile shield in Europe.”

Gee, how about rogue states like Iran and North Korea getting nuclear weapons and plopping them on top of a long range missile? Come on. Apparently even I am smarter than the illustrious leader of Russia since he didn’t even see that obvious answer.

I suspect his motives are much more sinister than feigning ignorance.

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