Posted on 09/17/2009 3:46:35 PM PDT by orwell2112
WASHINGTON – In a ceremony described as “moving” by Russian diplomats, President Obama officially canceled a Bush-era deal that would have placed a missile-defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland.
Both countries played host to decades of bloody Soviet occupation as a reward for their efforts against Nazi Germany during World War II.
The decision was presented to Russian ambassadors and other diplomats as a gift congratulating the country on the anniversary of its famously successful invasion of Poland’s eastern front in 1939, just over two weeks after Nazi Germany overran the country’s western border.
During the ceremony, which took place in the Rose Garden at the White House, President Obama presented a signed, leather-bound book of Polish jokes to the Russian ambassador, noting, “Mr. Ambassador, I trust your government knew all along that the notion of the United States’ honoring the missile-defense deal with Poland and the Czech Republic was good for as many laughs as the jokes in this volume are ...
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FYI, the Soviet invasion was in 1939 which was 70 years ago.
And in just a few days, Zero will be hoisting the Chinese Communist flag over the White House. (No satire.)
this guy.......this guy.....no, can’t say it....
Forget it...he’s rolling.
sad
Thanks, the error was corrected in the headline.
Time flies, plus I’m awful at math anyway. I knew it was 1939 but I guess I forgot it was already 2009.
bump to the top
70 !!
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