Washington talking to Warsaw about possible U.S. missile base in Poland

CNEWS ^ | November 16, 2005 | ROBERT BURNS

[jb6]

Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia or Cyprus would be the best locations.

[FFIGHTER]

If and thats a big if, the base was installed, it is not a strategic missle base anyway. It would be an interceptor base. Interceptor missles have no strategic value and pose no threat to anyone, other than hopefully a rogue missle.

Some people are still trying to live in the cold war, when in reality the U.S. and Russia have more to worry about with the war on terror, and the rise of Islamic terrorist than each other. We once again have a common enemy.

[FFIGHTER]

You take what you can get. In any event military talks are going on all the time, they are not really news until the ink is dry.

[Lazamataz]

Washington talking to Warsaw about possible U.S. missile base in Poland

Amazing. And in my lifetime, this is happening. I never would have imagined.

Poland is turning out to be a pretty decent ally.

[jb6]

I f. Russia's embargo. It only proves that Russia is not a serious partner to make business with.

Wow, but a second ago you screamed you want to be left alone!!!! Oh that's right, its back to being a fiery princes and doing what you want and spitting in whose ever eye you want and not having consequences. Live on in your fantasy world.

Actually, the priority of the Polish right wing govt is to make Poland totally independent from Russian gas and resign from the eastern source forever.

No problem. With the new pipeline your share will be taken up by your pay masters in Western Europe or America. Your market isn't that big and important, and saving on tariffs that you charge, might lower my bill here in the US. Seems like a win-win. You really aren't that big or important and your brightest people work in other nations anyways. Going around you and ignoring you is the only smart thing to do.

[jb6]

Anyway, it is billion of dollars the Russians can only dream of. :-)

Considering the cost of gas here in the US, we'd eat up your share without a blink and ask for seconds. Add to this the Chinese, Japanese and S.Koreans asking for more, Russia will have ZERO problem selling it and much more. I'm sure the Germans will enjoy having a discount, might be good for you too, they won't cut the Euro strings so quickly that keep you afloat.

[GarySpFc]

Oh, how I wish Poland was situated somewhere on the other hemisphere. Meanwhile, Poland lies where it lies and therefore we are in NATO to defend ourselves against the same murderers who annihilate the Chechen people before the eyes of the world.

The Chechens are working hand in hand with al-Qaeda, the very thugs who Poland is fighting in Iraq. You might want to read this artile and its links, and then reconsider your hype.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525008/posts?page=14#14

[jb6]

Yeah, buddy, that's why 200,000 Chechens live in Moscow this very day. You on other hand, with your alligator tears, wouldn't let the Chechens cross your border from Belaruss, last year. What a host of hypocrits.

[RusIvan]

Interceptor missles have no strategic value and pose no threat to anyone, other than hopefully a rogue missle. ==

As they say the one with sword and shield is better armed then one with only sword. So probably yes or maybe no strategic value of interceptor base.
But what if they can do flanking strike? Russia has many interests in her Europian part. So all those interests will be under aim from those interceptors. Any starting missile or sattelite from Europian part of Russia will be.

How do you like it if your neibor turns big gun on your house but tell you "You know it won't threat to you I swear!". Would you like to live under gun? Probably not.

BTW if you need to shield off iranian missile then you need to build interceptor base in Armenia or Georgia not Poland. On the border of problem.

[dervish]

"This system will protect US, not Poland. There probably wouldn't be enough time to shoot down missiles launched from the middle east, which would be going to hit Europe."

How will it protect US if the missiles "would be going to hit Europe?"

[dervish]

"I'm not real happy about protecting Europe from anything anymore"

Me neither. Much of Europe, especially the richer parts - UK, France, Germany, Spain - appear willing to let the Iranians go nuclear. So be it. Let them deal with it.

Also Europe spends a pittance on defense and R&D. They let the US carry their weight in blood and treasure and instead spend their money on cradle-to-grave nanny socialism at the same time they bad-mouth the 'cowboy' US for protecting Western liberal democracy.

Let Europe suck it up and defend themselves. Let them make the choice between a 35 hour work week and their own defense. The US is or should be tired of reigning in the rebellious child.

[dervish]

At least Russia is spending their own money.

[Grzegorz 246]

"Why does Poland object to the Northern Baltic pipeline? This is just a deal between two your neighbours."

First of all the new pipeline is a bigger threat for Poland than missile-defense base in Poland is a threat for Russia, besides according to my knowledge there was agreement signed few years ago, which said that the new pipeline to Western Europe would go through Poland, so in this case Poland is also involved, unlike Russia in case of the base in Poland. However I agree that Polish government should stop crying and finally do something about diversification of oil and gas suppliers, which is difficult but definitely not impossible and then that pipeline wouldn't be a threat anymore.

[Lukasz]

Personally, I think Russia should totally embargo Poland and ignore it as an none entity.

I think that Russian communist party or Zhirinovski already proposed something like that. But I always repeat that communist ideas wont work and policy must be separated from business. (sounds good in my opinion for two countries which pretend to be democratic ) I’m not surprised that this way of thinking is not shared by you and your above mentioned friends and allies.

[Lukasz]

Why on earth would you build it in Poland then? In such a case you'd build the system in Georgia or Bulgaria or Romania or Cyprus or Greece, not in Poland. A missile heading towards the US wouldn't fly over Europe anyways (not from Iran), with the exception of possibly flying over Russian airspace and the Russians can take it out. At most it'll skirt southern Europe. A missile heading towards Italy or Germany still wouldn't fly close to Poland.

Ahh you oppose this project, another astonishing surprise :-)

[Fruitbat]

This outta send the libs into a tizzy.