President Obama made in his speech a series of conceptual and factual errors. In his speech, he, for example, rejected the tenets which are in the US associated with the so-called realism. He did not mention the name, but it is easily recognizable. Yet realism is still the dominant theory of international relations espoused by and taught to the US foreign policy and security establishment. He also rejected the "chess theory" of great power politics, but this is the name of Brzezinski's grand strategy for the U.S. strategy towards Russia and Central Asia. He also said that, for a country to join NATO, the majority of its population needs to favor it. Yet, in none of the East European countries, there was any referendum on joining NATO. Moreover, a vast majority of the Czechs are against the deployment of the "shield" on its territory, but this opposition was hardly, if ever, even mentioned or eluded to by Washington. Instead, the agreements to establish a U.S. military base in the Czech Republic were made despite and regardless of what the majority of the Czechs wanted. To go over all the other factual mistaken statements would be almost tedious. The question is why would Obama allow himself to make so many of them. Perhaps he believes in the power of the words to create their own reality or his speech was really or mainly for the American audience--nevertheless, it's hard to see why he chose so or why he had to do so.

all this coming from the same group of ppl who financed the georgian conflict. its no wonder russians dont trust american's as far as they can throw them. the only way trust and respect is achieved is by ACTIONS. not speech's and empty baseless promises.

Make no mistake! Obama's mission is one: To keep the US as the Preeminent global military and economic power, at all costs. All that his meetings with Medvedev and Putin are is a way to relax the Russians, so that they won't be as suspicious and resistant to US recklessness. Obama is all about fooling everyone. He says nice things, throws a bone here and there, but then will swindle you when you're not paying attention. Obama's mission is to RE-FOOL the world again about how nice and cuddly the US is. The world cannot fall for this bait-and-switch again. Too much misery has been caused by US economic and military policies and ALL efforts of the US to carry on as usual must be resisted and thwarted. If the US is allowed to slide this time, there is no telling how much worse they will mess up the world 10-15 years from now.