Gorbachev decries Iraq invasion

[CHIMO]

Speaking at the launch of a campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the dangers of weapons of mass destruction on Thursday in London, Gorbachev also said the US invasion of the oil-rich country was undermining democracy.

Credited with helping bring the cold war and the nuclear arms race to an end, the former Soviet leader appealed to all those countries holding stocks of nuclear weapons to destroy them to avoid the risk that they may fall in the wrong hands.

"Should the extremists gain access to weapons of mass destruction, the threat would become catastrophic," he said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BBF30B6C-8376-409D-84D5-58CF1C278AFA.htm

[Cha]

1. You mean not a

"catastrophic success"?:-(

[CHIMO]

4. Can't Speak For Mikhail

But I would not call it a catalytic overturning classic success.
But I may be looking from the wrong end.

[Old and In the Way]

2. IMHO, it was Gorbachev that ended the Cold War......

he rode the dying beast and he took the risk and his personal stakes were far higher than Reagan's.

It's a sad day to hear a Russian tell us that our Iraqi War of occupation is an anti-Democratic action.

[BootinUp]

3. Gorbachev was a good leader

I agree with you. He was right for the times.