MOSCOW. (Nikita Petrov exclusively for RIA...
Washington can retarget the radar, make missiles operational, and go on with other war preparations without looking back at Russia.The authenticity of information about Iran possessing ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe is also dubious. Many remember how former U.S. Secretary of State Collin Powell showed in the UN satellite pictures of facilities with Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons. The possession of weapons of mass destruction by the unpredictable dictator became one of the pretexts for the war against Iraq. These weapons have not been found until this day, although the war started exactly five years ago. Won't the situation repeat itself with Iranian ballistic missiles?
There are other reasons to doubt the sincerity of the U.S. partners, although some things may have got lost in translation. Before his arrival in Moscow, Gates made a trip to Turkey where he held talks with its leaders on the deployment of one more American
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