STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Reichsfuehrer A. Hitler, June 19, 1941 "Tomorrow in Warsaw..." Heute Warsaw, und Morgen die ganze Welt. "The Cold War is over" and following it is...? Friday June 15, 12:45 AM Russia is not enemy of US, the Cold War is over - Bush GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 14 (AFP) - US President George Bush, seeking to allay Russian fears of his proposed anti-missile shield, said here Thursday he will assure Russian President Vladimir Putin when he meets him in Slovenia on Saturday that "Russia is not the enemy of the United States." "The Cold War is over," Bush told a news conference ending his first EU-US summit in this Swedish southwestern coastal city, part of a five-nation European tour that takes him to Poland on Friday and ends in Slovenia on Saturday with the Putin meeting. "The mentality that gripped our two nations during the Cold War must end," he said. New NATO member Poland will openly plead for further enlargement of the alliance to include the Baltic states, Slovakia and Slovenia during Bush's Warsaw visit Friday, a White House advisor said earlier. Bush, who has previously backed NATO enlargement without stating whether he supports inviting new members at an alliance summit next year, is expected to elaborate his views on NATO enlargement in Warsaw. "Tomorrow in Warsaw...I'll be glad to give you a little preview," Bush told the press conference. "I strongly believe in NATO expansion." NATO enlargement has been steadfastly opposed by Russia, which has expressed anxiety, notably on plans to take in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, former Soviet republics. Bush said he strongly favors expansion of the alliance from its current 19 members and said, "I believe that the EU ought to expand as well. EU enlargement, from the current 15 members to as many as 28 over the ensuing decade, is a top agenda item at an EU summit here Friday and Saturday. "Russia ought not to fear Europe, but ought to welcome an expanded Europe beyond its borders," Bush said. "My vision of Europe is a large vision, of more countries, more free trade, and one which welcomes Russia and the Ukraine." "I believe a Europe, whole and free, is going to be a Europe that trades actively with the United States and with the rest of the world. "And so my vision of Europe is a larger vision, more countries, more free trade, and one which encourages Russia to make the right choices when it comes to the institutions necessary to be able to become a partner with Europe and the United States," said Bush. His comments on Russia appeared aimed at allaying Moscow's misgivings over the anti-missile defense shield Washington wants to develop to protect against limited nuclear attack by so-called "rogue states" like Iran, Iraq, North Korea and Libya. Russia, China and many NATO and European countries oppose the idea in varying degrees, saying it risks another Cold War arms race because it would mean scrapping the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. Bush has repeatedly dismissed those fears, calling the ABM treaty "a relic of the past" and saying "we no longer live in 1972." These contrasting, even irreconcilable views of the ABM treaty, bedrock of arms limitations accords for three decades, was expected to be the key sticking point when Bush meets Putin at their first-ever summit in Ljubljana. Washington is sticking to its plans to build the anti-missile shield, claiming the "rogue state" threat is a different animal from the superpower standoff of the Cold War years. In Brussels on Wednesday, he claimed to have made headway in swaying skeptical NATO allies of the need for the shield. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
