Posted on 08/25/2014 3:19:29 AM PDT by Olog-hai
NATO officials are considering deploying a long-planned missile defense systemaimed at protecting Europe from attacks from the Middle Eastagainst Russia as well, Spiegel has learned.
Calls for such an expansion to the systems remit, which is backed by the United States, are growing in Poland as well as in NATO member states Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. [ ]
But the majority of NATO members, especially Germany, are opposed to the proposal, warning that it could result in an unnecessary provocation of Moscow.
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
With scramjet technology in sight it is about time.
Why won’t they ban ICBMs at once?
Is NATO going to help pay for it or will we be picking up the entire bill?
Very nice but that doesn’t answer my question. Is NATO paying for it or will we be expected to pick up the whole bill?
Well duh.
The other side of the coin is who, or what nations, benefit from spending the money to build and staff.
“especially Germany, are opposed to the proposal, warning that it could result in an unnecessary provocation of Moscow.”
It’s not even funny anymore...
Many of (the so-called Wolfowitz Doctrines) tenets re-emerged in the Bush Doctrine, which was described by Senator Edward M. Kennedy as a call for 21st century American imperialism that no other nation can or should accept.Sure, because the imperialism of the rest of the world (especially the former Second World, in which the Muslim World could theoretically be included due to commonality with Second World philosophy) is so much better and not tyrannical.
It's relevent if the U.S. is expected to pay tens of billions of dollars to implement a missile shield that the majority of NATO does not want and will not pay for.
Oh no don’t cause a unnecessary provocation of Moscow as Russians invade nations and set up paramilitary forces right under your cowardly noses.
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