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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 to deliver very bad news. The administration intends to cancel completely the missile defense sites that had been promised to these governments by the previous administration. This represents a complete capitulation to Russia's Vladimir Putin, who had demanded that the proposed deployments be halted as a price for improved relations. Ironically, the Obama administration, which is appeasing Russia in the hopes that Moscow will help put pressure on Iran, has made this mammoth concession just a few days after Moscow declared that it had no intention of supporting sanctions against Iran.
The consequences of this action in Eastern Europe, especially in Ukraine and in other countries that feel vulnerable to Russian power, will be disastrous. It is a major American retreat in the face of Russian bullying. And we will get absolutely nothing for it.
Update: Gary Schmitt has more details:
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Sources: Admin Officials Head to Poland, Czech Rep. to Kill Missile Defense
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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 to deliver very bad news. The administration intends to cancel completely the missile defense sites that had been promised to these governments by the previous administration. This represents a complete capitulation to Russia's Vladimir Putin, who had demanded that the proposed deployments be halted as a price for improved relations. Ironically, the Obama administration, which is appeasing Russia in the hopes that Moscow will help put pressure on Iran, has made this mammoth concession just a few days after Moscow declared that it had no intention of supporting sanctions against Iran.
The consequences of this action in Eastern Europe, especially in Ukraine and in other countries that feel vulnerable to Russian power, will be disastrous. It is a major American retreat in the face of Russian bullying. And we will get absolutely nothing for it.
Update: Gary Schmitt has more details:
Four senior Obama officials, including Under Secretary of State for Arms Control
Ellen Tauscher and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
“Sandy” Vershbow, are apparently in the air right now on their way to Poland.
Why? If the Washington hot rumor mill is right, to deliver the news to the Poles
and then the Czechs that the administration has decided not to go forward with a
missile defense system for Europe and the United States against the budding
missile threat from Iran.
It looks like not only have we hit the reset button when it comes to Russia, but now with our friends in Central Europe—except this time, it’s a big fat “no thank you” for your willingness to stick your neck out to protect allies.
- I Think This Might Be What Is Referred To As A Failure Of Deterrence
Russia threatens to strike NATO missile defense sitesRussia’s most senior military officer said Thursday that Moscow would preemptively strike and destroy U.S.-ledNATOmissile defense sites in Eastern Europe if talks with Washington about the system...
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