Posted on 08/20/2008 1:19:38 PM PDT by knighthawk
Text of report in English by Polish national independent news agency PAP
Warsaw, 20 August: I am very glad that irrespective of all ups and downs we have a good agreement, President Lech Kaczynski said on Wednesday after Poland and the USA signed a deal on placing 10 missile interceptors in Poland.
The president stressed that the Polish-US deal was the implementation of one of the strategic goals of his presidency. He stressed the deal was reached thanks to the two governments and one presidency.
(Excerpt) Read more at monitor.bbc.co.uk ...
Ping
They need everything-else defense also.
Well, they are a part of NATO. So if they’re attacked, NATO is obliged to respond.
Though these days, I wonder if NATO has the will.
Part of the hold-up on this agreement was over Polish insistence that the US subsidize Polish military modernization to a much higher level than the US envisioned. The invasion of Georgia kinda woke everybody up to the seriousness of the situation.
They wanted the Patriots because they might work.
The Poles are not dumb. The “Missile Defense” Star Wars Part Deux big money depended on a fantasy of Iranian ICBMs to hit UK or USA with Iranian warheads. The Russians pointed out that Iran had no such weapons, it must “logically” be meant against Russia, but they could easily knock out the radar in Czechia rendering the boondoggle even more worthless.
The Russians know this, their recent temper tantrum is from lack of control, that Poland won’t follow it’s dictates.
I really like that we are training Polish F-16 pilots.
That’ll give the Russians something to worry about.
“Polish president praises missile-defence agreement with USA”
Oh! He’s just lookin to get poisoned.
The Iranian Shahab-3 has a range of 2,000 kilometers & is classed as a "medium-range" ballistic missile. The Shahab-4 is expected to have the characteristics of an "intermediate-range" ballistic missile, if it ever gets built. That would bring most of Europe into range. This week's announcement that Iran was going to launch its first domestically-built satellite may indicate that they have completed the -4.
Nah, he's too highly-visible now. Gotta love it, though - he's practically mooning the Russians.
Thats what they were holding out for, they know what really is inside Vlad and it ain’t good.
Yep, the Germans found out during the "Battle of Britain" just how good Polish pilots are.
“The U.S. is obliged to provide security to Poland and any American facilities on its territory,”
This means the agreement goes beyond NATO and that the United States of America would respond with deadly force.
Moscow: Missile Defense Deal Aimed At Weakening Russia (Warns of Possible Attack)
Associated Press | August 20, 2008
Posted on 08/20/2008 12:26:13 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065063/posts
Crisis: Russia digs in within Georgia, threatens response to Poland “beyond diplomacy”
hotair | Allahpundit
Posted on 08/20/2008 12:51:41 PM PDT by flyfree
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065077/posts
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