 Complete the following phrase:  Gorbachev was critical of U.S. hostility to Putin, arguing that the U.S. government doesnt want Russia to rise again as a global power and wants to continue as the sole superpower in charge of the world. More broadly, Gorbachev was critical of U.S. policy following the Cold War, arguing that the West had attempted to turn Russia into some kind of backwater. He rejected the idea  expressed by Bush  that the U.S. had won the Cold War, arguing that both sides had cooperated to end the conflict. He claimed that since the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S., rather than cooperating with Russia, had conspired to build a new empire headed by themselves. He was critical of how the U.S. had expanded NATO right up to Russias borders despite their initial assurances that they would not do so, citing this as evidence that the U.S. government could not be trusted. He spoke out against the 1999 