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Senator Tells Bush Not to Poke Russia in Eye
The missile defenses being formed by the United States “are not a defense against Iranian missiles” and the administration of George W. Bush should stop “putting a stick in the Russian eye,” stated chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee Carl Levin, a democrat of Michigan. Levin said the CBS television news program Face the Nation that the United States has “put off” Russia away, most particularly with the missile program in Europe. Levin said the world community’s success solving the problem if Iran depends on Russia and the actions of the U.S. do not encourage Russia’s support.
Levin supports sanctions against Iran, but that is only possible with unity in the world community. “We need to have the world united in confronting Iran. We need a much tighter sanction regime,” he said. Levin recalled the critical statements made by Sen. John McCain that Russia should be expelled from the G8 and said that they “trouble” him.
“I think it has the exact wrong effect in term of including Russia as part of this confrontation against Iran,” Levin said.
Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Senate Committee Richard Lugar shared Levin’s point of view. “I favor more sanctions, more world involvement. We ought to have everybody around the table including Russia, he said.
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