Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Justice Anthony M.
Kennedy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. : Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice
Stephen G. Breyer, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Justice Elena Kagan. Justice
Clarence Thomas,
January 5, 2016 at 1:26pm
The authors of the book The Russia-China Axis claim
that in late 2011 the then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stated that his
country could annihilate the United States in a “half-hour of less.”
Putin made the remarks before guests at a lavish
banquet at the New Century, Moscow’s richest equestrian club, MSN reported.
The former and soon-to-be president addressed his
guests on topics ranging from the “Russian government’s loss of public trust to
his own indispensable leadership,” according to the book’s authors, Douglas E.
Schoen and Melik Kaylan
He went on to express his displeasure with U.S. plans
to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe: a Bush administration
initiative, which Obama nixed shortly after taking office in 2009.
Putin also addressed the Americans in attendance, “You
ask me whether we are going to change,” he said. “The ball is in your court.
Will you change?”
In his view, the U.S. only has interest in Russia
because it is the only nation that could “destroy America in half an hour or
less.”
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