Gorbachev: 'Americans Have a Severe Disease'

He says that Cheney and Rummy are shallow people, only interested in the military.

You have that right, Gorby. But please don't lump all Americans in with this crowd.

ABC News: Gorbachev: 'Americans Have a Severe Disease':

Now, 15 years after a coup removed him from power and the Soviet Union dissolved, he has some stern words for the United States, whose relationship with Russia has soured lately.

'We have made some mistakes,' he said, referring to recent attacks on Russia's democracy. 'So what? Please don't put even more obstacles in our way. Do you really think you are smarter than we are?'

The former general secretary of the Soviet Union Communist Party accused Americans of arrogance and trying to impose their way of life on other nations.

'Americans have a severe disease, worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex,' he said. 'You want an American style-democracy here. That will not work.'