Obama Leaves Czech Republic and Poland Defenseless
Let’s see… Russia accuses the U.S. of preventing them from getting into the World Trade Organization, and Obama responds by scrapping the missile shield that has been a thorn in Russia’s side for quite some time… Yup, way to go there, Obama! That’ll teach them not to make false accusations against America!
Obama scrapping missile shield for Czech, Poland
By KAREL JANICEK and WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writers
via Yahoo News
PRAGUE – President Barack Obama has decided to scrap plans for a U.S. missile defense shield in the Czech Republic and Poland that had deeply angered Russia, the Czech prime minister confirmed Thursday.
NATO’s new chief hailed the move as “a positive step” and a Russian analyst said Obama’s decision will increase the chances that Russia will cooperate more closely with the United States in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.
Premier Jan Fischer told reporters that Obama phoned him overnight to say that “his government is pulling out of plans to build a missile defense radar on Czech territory.”
“The same happened with Poland. Poland was informed in the same way about this intention,” Fischer said.
He said Obama assured him that the “strategic cooperation” between the Czech Republic and the U.S. would continue, and that Washington considers the Czechs among its closest allies.
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[Alexei Arbatov, head of the Russian Academy of Science's Center for International Security, said:]
“The United States is reckoning that by rejecting the missile-defense system or putting it off to the far future, Russia will be inclined together with the United States to take a harder line on sanctions against Iran.”
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Gee, why sanction Iran if there is nothing to worry about?
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17 September, 2009 at 11:17 am
If you are a friend of America just hang on, we will correct all of what is going on and at a break neck speed in a couple years. I have a theory that I want to be the first to put forward. After Obama is run out of office as the most hated president since Carter he will move to Kenya where he will run for president for life. That’s my guess and I’m sticking to it.
The Silent Majority No More.
17 September, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Part of me is glad to see Europe left defenseless. They keep claming that iran is not a threat and is not building nukes, so let them live and let live. What we need to do is remove all our troops before they are proved wrong. If iran does nuke Europe they will fry almost as many sunnis as native Europeans. I would not like it but I would quickly get over it.
18 September, 2009 at 8:06 am
Did Obama apologize to the Russians while he was capitulating?