No pleasure in being right ....
Poles, Czechs: US missile defense shift a betrayal
WARSAW, Poland – Poles and Czechs voiced deep concern Friday at President Barack Obama's decision to scrap a Bush-era missile defense shield planned for their countries.
"Betrayal! The U.S. sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back," the Polish tabloid Fakt declared on its front page.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski said he was concerned that Obama's new strategy leaves Poland in a dangerous "gray zone" between Western Europe and the old Soviet sphere.
Recent events in the region have rattled nerves throughout central and eastern Europe, a region controlled by Moscow during the Cold War, including the war last summer between Russia and Georgia and ongoing efforts by Russia to regain influence in Ukraine. A Russian cutoff of gas to Ukraine last winter left many Europeans without heat.
The Bush administration's plan would have been "a major step in preventing various disturbing trends in our region of the world"
Iranian president raises stakes against Israel
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has raised the stakes against Israel by describing the Holocaust as a lie, just as world powers are trying to decide how to deal with the nuclear ambitions of an Iran in political turmoil.
"The pretext (Holocaust) for the creation of the Zionist regime (Israel) is false ... It is a lie based on an unprovable and mythical claim," he told worshippers at Tehran University at the end of an annual anti-Israel "Qods (Jerusalem) Day" rally.
"Confronting the Zionist regime is a national and religious duty."
EPA SAID YESTERDAY:
"disastrous day for america.
Not for missile defense, and what THAT means, but for the message sent about this govt and the people who elect it."
JIMMY CARTER ON CRACK ....
“America is harmless as an enemy and treacherous as a friend.” : Bernard Lewis
- So They Ratified Our Security Away And Then. . .
Why why why would you trust the Russians to go through with this? Newsmax: Russia Warns US on Missile Plan, Balks on START Monday, 07 Feb 2011 MOSCOW — Russia sees the planned U.S. missile defense system as a potential threat to its nuclear forces...
- Sources: Admin Officials Head To Poland, Czech Rep. To Kill Missile Defense
with friends like us. . . Weekly Standard (h/t In Mary's Image): Sources: Admin Officials Head to Poland, Czech Rep. to Kill Missile Defense According to reliable sources, Obama administration officials are on their way to Poland and the Czech Republic...
- And Then The Russians Apologized And Disarmed
EU voices strong concern over Russian missiles Reuters Friday, November 7, 2008 PARIS: The French presidency of the European Union expressed "strong concern" Friday over a Russian plan to station new missiles near Poland's...
- Russia Plays With Fire
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- Ukraine Offers Satellite Defence Co-operation With Europe And Us
It looks like between Germany, Georgia, Poland, the United States, and Ukraine, Russia is being isolated. Apparently, we aren't going to let them get away with this shit. From the Telegraph: Ukraine inflamed mounting East-West tensions yesterday...