[omega4179]

Maybe Russia has only 10 functional ICBMs left

regardless that Poland is actually to close to use them on Russian launch vehicles, only Iranian.

[Fury]

Maybe Russia has only 10 functional ICBMs left

? You're joking, correct?

[untrained skeptic]

That's why Poland was pushing for the Patriot missiles to defend against short range missiles. The US didn't want to give them those because it would make Russia mad.

Now the Russia has invaded Georgia, we have decided that we are less concerned about upsetting Russia with the patriot missiles.

I think Poland would have held out for the Patriot missiles, and we would have given them to them anyway, but the invasion of Georgia made it politically more acceptable.