Medvedev: Russia Could Withdraw From Treaty
Last week we wrote about Russia’s veiled threat to withdraw from START if the U.S. continues to build up its missile defense plans in Europe. On Sunday, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos interviewed Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who said if the U.S. does so, “this would be certainly the reason to have a review of that agreement.”
“Review of that agreement” is a euphemism for “We’ll renege if you don’t do what we say.” Medvedev also said that his country will not agree to tougher sanctions against Iran, even as Iran continues to build its nuclear capability and defy the U.N. Medvedev said sanctions “should not lead to humanitarian catastrophe, where the whole Iranian community would start to hate the whole world.”
Because it’s very important that Iran not hate us. Watch the video below:
Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Iran, Russia