- (AFP) - Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has
accused the United States of forgetting its friends after the victory
against
the Taliban regime in Afghanistan
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- The Russian news agency Interfax reported Gorbachev as
saying,"whenever it (the US) gains a victory, it falls into euphoria
and starts forgetting its friends."
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- Gorbachev added his voice to growing criticism by western
politicians who are concerned by the United States to widen the war against
terrorism to include other countries.
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- Last week, Russian president Vladimir Putin implicitly
criticized President George W. Bush's description of Iraq, Iran and North
Korea as an "axis of evil".
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- "I think our American friends should think of their
partners, not only when the wheather is bad and stormy, but also when
things
straighten out and when successes are achieved," Gorbachev
said.
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- Russia, which has supported the US war against terrorism
in Afghanistan, has said it's opposed to the idea of widening the conflict
to Iraq.
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