{"id":3013,"date":"2014-12-15T07:31:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T12:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3013"},"modified":"2014-12-15T07:31:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T12:31:32","slug":"america-needs-a-perestroika-gorbachev-to-rt-rt-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3013","title":{"rendered":"\u2018America needs a Perestroika\u2019 \u2013 Gorbachev to RT \u2014 RT News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/214367-us-needs-perestroika-gorbachev\/\">\u2018America needs a Perestroika\u2019 \u2013 Gorbachev to RT \u2014 RT News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">The US needs reforms similar to those during Perestroika in the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev told RT&#8217;s Sophie Shevardnadze. The former Soviet leader also spoke about Washington\u2019s policy of pressure and intervention into conflicts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">Gorbachev stressed the need for political and economic reforms in the US, saying \u201c<em style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">they need a Perestroika\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(translated from Russian as \u201crestructuring\u201d), referring to the political movement carried out during his rule in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">\u201c<em style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">They can call it any name they want, the American way,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said, adding that \u201c<em style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">Americans do not want a war. But it is not easy for them, with the society that they have.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">The US uses tensions and instability to intervene into a conflict, then creates an enemy to enable their \u201c<em style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">policy of pressure\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and shift responsibility, he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:WordDocument>\n  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin\/>\n <\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: LucidaGrande; color: #282828;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018America needs a Perestroika\u2019 \u2013 Gorbachev to RT \u2014 RT News. 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