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Old 8th Feb 2008, 22:05
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Cold War II?

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin says the world is engaged in a new arms race and Nato is failing to accommodate Russia's concerns.


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Look, his PR apart, we are not.

The WP threat is gone, the Russian nuclear threat is a mirage - if they wouldn't hit us then, why now?

He's playing to a domestic audience with a "son et lumiere".
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Lucky we bought all those Typhoons......
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At least in the good old days we had a decent, visible enemy to fight. Call me old-fashioned but..... it was much more sporting when we knew that they were going to come through the Fulda Gap, not through Fulham Broadway.
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