NOT!
The U.S. has once again dissed our friends to cuddle up to our antagonists. See: no missile defense. Eastern Europe (in particular Poland and the Czech Republic) have been left hanging out to dry by President Obama so he can appear to "change" the dynamics of the re-emerging cool war. He is canceling what was our former guarantee of an antimissile shield for these oft-trodden-upon countries ... so much for the word of an erstwhile great nation.
"New Europe," as Chaney dubbed them, is once again being kicked to the curb and is even more at the mercy of Putin's Russia and its retaliatory squeezing of natural gas and oil supplies. The old Warsaw Pact bloc has put its head on the block for us only to have it chopped off. They surely will be diminished even more now that they have been cut loose by our great appeaser in the "hope" of some will-o-the-wisp future help from the Big Bad Bear in taming Iran. This is head-hanging shameful on our part and, I predict, will not bring any of the expected benefit. But then again the American public did vote last year for "hope" and "change."
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I see on Drudge that this pull-out is being announced on the 70th anniversary of Russia's invasion of Poland. Is Obama really trying to put his pole numbers into the crapper?
Maybe it's time for the Poles to develop a little backbone
Maybe the US should invade Poland this time; I'm thinking 51st state.
FDR and that bulldog, Churchill, made that unfortunate flip decision to give Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe to Russia after WWII. As a result, tens of millions of people lived under the jackboot of tyranny and oppression for almost fifty years. Aren't we lucky we weren't them (backbone or not)? And how can we live with ourselves if we end up doing it again?
Wow, at last - empathy! GWP doesn't need to fret.
"Obama stressed that the United States was continuing its policy of protecting Europe."
"The Czech and Polish people were less enthusiastic (about the proposed shield), fearing that the military installations would make their countries a target in the event of hostilities with Russia. "
Quotes from http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-missiles-q-a18-2009sep18,0,7732231.story
LA Times ... wow! Did they retype the White House press release or just pass it on as received? Watch and see how this plays out and then try to offer your lame excuses. (Remember how you pooh-poohed Acorn?)
I suppose the joint Chiefs and Gates are also involved in this capitulation?
It's called knowing on what side of the bagette the beurre is located.
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