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MEDVEDEV: ROMNEY'S ANTI-RUSSIAN REMARK "SMELLS OF HOLLYWOOD"
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 27, 2012 - 19:35 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Mitt Romney
on Tuesday, March 27 to use his head and stop reverting to Hollywood
stereotypes after the U.S. presidential hopeful branded Moscow as
Washington's top foe, AFP reported.
"I recommend that all U.S. presidential candidates, including the
candidate you mention (Romney), do at least two things," Medvedev told
Russian reporters on the sidelines of a nuclear security conference
in Seoul.
"That they use their head and consult their reason when they formulate
their positions, and that they check the time - it is now 2012,
not the mid-1970s," said the outgoing Russian president in comments
broadcast on state television.
Medvedev said Romney's quip "smelled of Hollywood" because it typecast
Moscow as Washington's main enemy from the Cold War era just like in
the popular spy movie thrillers of the time.
"As for ideological cliches, I always get nervous when one side or
the other starts using phrases such as 'enemy number one' and so on,"
Medvedev said.
Romney had roundly criticised Obama on Monday for getting caught
by an open mike making a controversial promise to Medvedev about
missile defence.
Obama appeared to suggest at the Seoul meeting that he was ready to
make a concession on the issue if he wins the November presidential
election.
Romney told CNN in a transcript released by the station that Obama
should understand that "Russia is not a friendly character on the world
stage" because it has old ties to the governments of Syria and Iran.
Russia "is without question our number one geopolitical foe,"
Romney said.
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 27, 2012 - 19:35 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Mitt Romney
on Tuesday, March 27 to use his head and stop reverting to Hollywood
stereotypes after the U.S. presidential hopeful branded Moscow as
Washington's top foe, AFP reported.
"I recommend that all U.S. presidential candidates, including the
candidate you mention (Romney), do at least two things," Medvedev told
Russian reporters on the sidelines of a nuclear security conference
in Seoul.
"That they use their head and consult their reason when they formulate
their positions, and that they check the time - it is now 2012,
not the mid-1970s," said the outgoing Russian president in comments
broadcast on state television.
Medvedev said Romney's quip "smelled of Hollywood" because it typecast
Moscow as Washington's main enemy from the Cold War era just like in
the popular spy movie thrillers of the time.
"As for ideological cliches, I always get nervous when one side or
the other starts using phrases such as 'enemy number one' and so on,"
Medvedev said.
Romney had roundly criticised Obama on Monday for getting caught
by an open mike making a controversial promise to Medvedev about
missile defence.
Obama appeared to suggest at the Seoul meeting that he was ready to
make a concession on the issue if he wins the November presidential
election.
Romney told CNN in a transcript released by the station that Obama
should understand that "Russia is not a friendly character on the world
stage" because it has old ties to the governments of Syria and Iran.
Russia "is without question our number one geopolitical foe,"
Romney said.