obama administration accuses russia of violation of 1987 missile treaty

[confinedUser]

[QUOTE]WASHINGTON (AP) — In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach "a very serious matter" and going public with allegations that have simmered for some time.[/QUOTE]

[url=http://news.msn.com/world/us-russia-violated-1987-nuclear-missile-treaty]source[/url]

[fruxodaily]

"But you see we're no longer the Soviet Union, so"

[Banhfunbags]

It's almost as if our government believes that Russia cares about diplomacy.

[laserguided]

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;45531529]"But you see we're no longer the Soviet Union, so"[/QUOTE]
There was an extradition treaty with Russia that was signed while the Russian Empire still existed. The Soviet Union and now Russia aren't recognizing it and nobody has contested that, especially with Snowden in Russia.

There, pre-emptively justified that potential Russian response.

[Pvt. Martin]

[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;45531536]It's almost as if our government believes that Russia cares about diplomacy.[/QUOTE]

At least the rest of the world is trying reason over grabbing our guns.

[jonnymad]

-snip- just in case, dont want to risk an image macro ban.

[NeverGoWest]

Oh my god this is fucking retarded. Now we have a new cold war, oh Christ.

[Zonesylvania]

[img]http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/obama-political-cartoons.jpg[/img]
[img]http://im41.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Quiver-Obama-Putin-Cartoon.jpg[/img]

[Explosions]

[QUOTE=laserguided;45531545]There was an extradition treaty with Russia that was signed while the Russian Empire still existed. The Soviet Union and now Russia aren't recognizing it and nobody has contested that, especially with Snowden in Russia.

There, pre-emptively justified that potential Russian response.[/QUOTE]

Lol except the Russian Federation has accepted the position of successor state of the Soviet Union and has honored countless other past agreements and treaties that were made before the breakup. This type of selective acknowledgement would be a very obvious attempt at convenience diplomacy.

[laserguided]

[QUOTE=Explosions;45531668]Lol except the Russian Federation has accepted the position of successor state of the Soviet Union and has honored countless other past agreements and treaties that were made before the breakup. This type of selective acknowledgement would be a very obvious attempt at convenience diplomacy.[/QUOTE]
Convenience diplomacy isn't mutually exclusive.

[Pvt. Martin]

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45531642][img]http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/obama-political-cartoons.jpg[/img]
[img]http://im41.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Quiver-Obama-Putin-Cartoon.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

You know most modern Political comics suck or are annoying, when these two are the first ones I've actually laughed at.

[MrEndangered]

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45531642][img]http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/obama-political-cartoons.jpg[/img]
[img]http://im41.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Quiver-Obama-Putin-Cartoon.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

Poor Obama.

It's not like France wants to keep selling it's ships to Russia, nor the UK it's weapons, nor the world it's stocks. Psh.

[A B.A. Survivor]

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;45531843]You know most modern Political comics suck or are annoying, when these two are the first ones I've actually laughed at.[/QUOTE]

Well, they're not really made to get a laugh, they're caricatures of current events that help put things in perspective.

[Pvt. Martin]

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;45532129]Well, they're not really made to get a laugh, they're caricatures of current events that help put things in perspective.[/QUOTE]

But they're mostly pretentious and obnoxious for the most part.