Russia Puts NATO Cooperation In Doubt

(AP)  Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia.

NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero said the alliance had received notification through military channels that Russia's Defense Ministry had taken a decision "to halt international military cooperation events between Russia and NATO countries until further instructions."

She said NATO "takes note" of the decision, but had no further reaction.

On Tuesday, NATO foreign ministers said they would make further ties with Russia dependent on Moscow making good on a pledge to pull its troops back to pre-conflict positions in Georgia. However, they stopped short of calling an immediate halt to all cooperation.

Under a 2002 agreement that set up the NATO-Russia Council, the former Cold War foes began several cooperation projects. They include sharing expertise to combat heroin trafficking out of Afghanistan, developing battlefield anti-missile technology, joint exercises and help with rescue at sea.

Romero said she was unaware of any specific events under the cooperation agreement scheduled before early September.

NATO itself decided last week to suspend plans for a Russian warship to join NATO counterterrorism patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, deciding it was inappropriate in the wake of the eruption of fighting in Georgia.

[lambor59]

SOB Bush started another war again and not many people know it.

[tangula-2009]

Actually the nature of competing between the two military powers has never changed and they have never been really interdependent. So when something happened against the interest of one of them and maybe benefited another, they will easily break the weak link between them and the world will be turned into chaos. Something, really matter to this world and need them work together to deal with, will have a rare chance to be realized. We mankind have a lot of principal issues to be solved, such as eliminating poverty, reducing the growing gap between the poor and the rich and the pressing environment issues caused by mankind itself. Without working together by these two powers, with the sincere efforts from the talented, versatile and hardworking people of both sides, we are destined to world where we will have more conflicts, more disasters and more miserable things waiting us ahead. We will certainly be blamed by our next generation for the failure of creating a more civilized world while we had so many means in our own hands. So the world future now is in the hands of leaders of both sides.

[dan3232321]

Russia, the country that supplied Iran with missile technology, nuclear reactors and centrifuges (sp?) now complains and pouts because the US and NATO wants to put a missile shield in Poland? Thats sort of like kicking the dog and then getting mad because it bites you.

[insurgeon]

but less likely Iran...

------------------------------------------------------
Posted by trishab57 at 05:57 PM

Iraq was Iran''s chief concern and thanks to America, the once secular Iraqi government has been replaced with an Iran-friendly Shia government that now wants America out. I hope they send a "thank you" card. Besides, Iran doesn''t need Russias help. They make billions per day selling oil to the West. It''s amazing that American''s are oblivious to these basic facts.

[checkthepast]

somebody voted him back in......with many rigged Florida voting boxes.
Posted by cew23

yeah...that "somebody" was the American people... and me and all my Florida family were part of the reason that the boxes did''nt need rigging (and won''t need it again either)

[cew23]

Little bush has always walked a crocked road right along side the rest of his criminal family. I never voted for him. I thought 4 years was enough of his
antics, but somebody voted him back in......although I do think he got in with many rigged Florida voting
boxes.

[trishab57]

Next, Russia will be installing "defensive" missiles in Cuba and the US will have no recourse whatsoever. Besides, the US military is a bit busy at the moment.
---------------------------------------
Posted by Insurgeon at 01:31 PM : Aug 21, 2008

-Cuba, Venezuela, El-Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Northern Inuit Russian Teritories, North Korea, Abkhazia, S-Ossetia, Bulgaria, Serpska, Syria, but less likely Iran...

[bobnjersey]

this one is definitely bush''s fault.

should have impeached ''the chimp'' a long time ago. all the signs of trouble were there from the get-go.

[hypnotoad72]

It seems that every nation is a "rogue nation" in the eyes of the US, and worse yet, the US has set an ominous precident by preemptively invading a "rogue nation" even though it turned out they were no threat to you. So strange, like you want the world at war.

Posted by Insurgeon at 01:56 PM : Aug 21, 2008
--

Yet American corporations outsource/offshore to these "enemy" countries too. Nothing makes any sense anymore.

[antoniof123]

Why is the US insisting on installing missile systems in Poland next door to Russia? Does the US not understand that this would be the same as Russia installing missile systems in Cuba? Do your leaders not learn from history? It seems that every nation is a "rogue nation" in the eyes of the US, and worse yet, the US has set an ominous precident by preemptively invading a "rogue nation" even though it turned out they were no threat to you. So strange, like you want the world at war.

Posted by Insurgeon at 01:56 PM : Aug 21, 2008

You have to understand the Republican mind set they are DUMBER THAN DIRT. They can''t help themselves, enough is enough and we should shut them down and I hope America wakes up soon.