Not exactly. The article says, "President Obama offered to consider scrapping plans for a missile defense shield in Europe...."
The ostensible reason for that system was to protect Europe from missiles fired by rogue states like Iran, rather than to protect Europe from the Russians. So in that isolated context, the offer actually makes a great deal of sense.
The problem, of course, is that the Russians do not think in terms of isolated context, and neither did the Bush Administration. Both the Russians and Mr. Bush knew that a missile shield would also protect places like Poland, Ukraine, and the Baltic nations from Russian threats; and those nations responded to our plans on that basis. The Russian incursion into Georgia simply reinforced the point.
The primary Russian objections to the shield were, of course, also based on the same reasoning. They're certainly xenophobic enough to suspect an offensive motive, but their primary objection is that it will make it more difficult for them to threaten Europe.
By giving in to get Russian help with Iran, Obama simply hands to the Russians their actual strategic goal -- and Obama probably doesn't even realize he's doing so.
Just another example of Obama's naive view of the world -- he'll out-Carter Carter in no time at all.
Yes but the only russian help in Iran is to build them nuclear plants.
Don’t see how it helps us.