Obama jilts Poland and the Czech Republic

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | August 28, 2009

[kingattax]

America reneges on missile defense for New Europe

The United States is poised to dump a critical missile-defense agreement with two of its most dependable NATO allies. The Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza reported yesterday that the Obama administration is going to scrap the "third site" anti-missile system scheduled to be deployed in Poland and the Czech Republic. Missile interceptors in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic were scheduled to be deployed by 2013. Now the plan appears to have been shot down.

This move sends the wrong signal to our allies in Eastern Europe. The former Soviet satellites have been among the strongest proponents of a robust U.S. role in Europe because they believed they could count on the United States to defend their interests against perennially predatory Russia. Both countries showed good faith by sending troops to fight in Iraq as part of the multinational force. The Polish and Czech governments acted courageously when they agreed to host the missile-defense system.

[Verdelet]

I guess we will have to wait three years before Polish-American relations turn normal.

Fixed it.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

I’m fervently praying for sooner than that.

[Thunder90]

DEAR POLAND

OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY SOCIALISTS. MEMBERS OF OUR GOVERNMENT ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE SOVIET UNION AND OTHER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO RESOLVE OUR SITUATION AND WILL RETURN WHEN CHANGE OCCURS. WE DO APOLOGIZE.

SINCERELY,

THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA.