US Should Realise Its Duties: Gorbachev (IBNLive.com)
Press Trust Of India
Posted Monday , April 03, 2006 at 19:12
Updated Tuesday , April 04, 2006 at 10:41
New York: Criticising the United States for getting "intoxicated" by its position as the world's only superpower, former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has asked Washington to realise that it also has responsibilities.
In an interview to be published in the upcoming issue of Time magazine, Gorbachev said the United States cannot impose its will on others. And the talk of pre-emptive strikes, of ignoring the UN Security Council and international legal obligations are leading towards a "dark night" he added.
Some people, he emphasised, might be pushing President George W Bush in the wrong direction but he rejected the suggestion that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was one of them.
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