Sadistic Savior
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In an uncharacteristic compromise, Putin has apparently agreed to stop pouting if the US uses an alternative base instead:
Sounds good to me.
Great. Glad to see they finally came around.
Putin told Bush he would not seek to retarget Russian missiles on Europe if the United States agreed to put the radar-based system in Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic bordering the Caspian Sea.
[...] Putin said the existing radar station, built during Soviet times, is rented by Russia under a continuing agreement between Russia and Azerbaijan.
He argued the benefits of his suggested substitute: An Azerbaijan-based system would cover all of Europe rather than just part of it, and destroyed missile debris would fall in the ocean rather than on land.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/07/ap/politics/main2897530.shtml
Sounds good to me.
He laid out several other conditions, as well:
_Taking Russia's concerns into account.
_Giving all sides "equal access" to the system.
_Making the development of the system transparent.
"Then we will have no problem," the Russian leader said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/07/ap/politics/main2897530.shtml
Great. Glad to see they finally came around.
"We asked the Russians to cooperate with us on missile defense, and I think what we got is a willingness to do so," Hadley said after the Bush-Putin meeting.
[...] [Putin] declared himself "satisfied with the spirit of openness" he encountered in Bush. The U.S. president said they had demonstrated they share "the desire to work together to allay people's fears."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/07/ap/politics/main2897530.shtml