Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:02:24 PM
Why has the Obama administration decided to toss eastern Europe under the bus in order to make nice with Russia? According to CNN, Joe Biden says that a missile-defense system in Europe isn’t really necessary, because Iran isn’t much of a threat.
Nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in the hands of millenial
Islamist lunatics in Tehran? No big threat … to us. Why should we risk
annoying Russia to protect our allies against it? After all, Russia
will use its influence to stop Iran from getting nukes, right? Right? Er …
So we threw our allies under the bus to not get Russian cooperation in isolating Iran’s mullahs? This must be that smart power that Obama’s allies like to proclaim.
Don’t worry, the White House assures everyone. We’re not abandoning
the allies who took significant geopolitical risks in standing up to
Moscow over the missile-defense shield. The US will still provide some form of missile defense, even if it is much less reliable. Michael Goldfarb explains
We’ve sold out the Poles and the Czechs, who have seen the West do this before. The Times of London should get the last word here.
What is Obama getting from Russia for canceling missile defense? Jack squat
America’s missile defense surrender: Total victory for Putin
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