Posted on 09/17/2009 5:26:47 AM PDT by Schnucki
Reports that US President Barack Obama is to scrap plans to deploy a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic have provoked anger in Europe.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the US is to shelve the plan, which was first mooted by the Bush administration and has been a source of friction with Russia ever since.
The move would be a cause of celebration in Moscow but of real concern to Eastern European countries which have looked to Washington for support against their former imperial master Russia. The US has said the shield is to guard against attacks by rogue states, such as Iran.
The former Czech prime minister, Mirek Topolanek, said: "This is not good news for the Czech state, for Czech freedom and independence. It puts us in a position wherein we are not firmly anchored in terms of partnership, security and alliance, and that's a certain threat."
The Polish deputy foreign minister, Andrzej Kremer, saidthat Warsaw had heard from different sources there were "serious chances" the anti-missile system would not be deployed.
Russian officials said they did not want to immediately comment on media reports that cited unidentified US officials.
"We are waiting for confirmation of these reports," a source in Russia's foreign ministry said. "In principle, such a development would help the development of our bilateral relations with the United States."
The newspaper said the decision followed a review ordered by Mr Obama. He called the current Czech prime minister Jan Fischer on Wednesday night to discuss missile defence.
Mr Obama, who is due to meet the Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev next week in New York, says he wants better ties with Russia so that the two former Cold War foes can co-operate on Afghanistan and reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation.
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Odumbo sells out
They might as well scrap NATO, bring our troops in Europe home and save billions of $. Run up the white flag, boys, it’s over...
Is any Republican elected official speaking out against this???
I guess they didn’t love him enough there.
anger in europe ? i bet thats an understatement for a lot of eastern europeans who proved themselves to be valuable US allies and now find themselves staring at the russian bear.
this is deplorable.
Another controversial move by Zero in the headlines — wait, is there another important vote in Congress that we don’t know about?
But, but ....We are now loved by the world since we got rid of the cowboy and replaced him with a man who was poor black boy from Indonesia.
Comrade Barak, friend of tyrants, enemy of freedom.
dont think we will get another election here, dems are wasting no time destroying the country.
Wrong Way Obama is at work again...doing exactly the opposite of what he should!
Just in time for Iran to get the bomb!
So, just this week, THE BOOB in Chief has pissed off China and Europe.
Change you can believe in.
Poland: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Obama’s decision is on script. The deconstruction of American Empire. Our complaints are music to his ears. He has made quick work of it. What worries me is what we don’t know; think ICEBERG.
Can he really do this without congress? Just on a whim like this?
Then, there are the Polish Catholic voters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, etc. who had not yet given up on the Democrats ~ now they can give up on the Democrats and their cousins "back home" eh.
Just those two communities had the votes to control the outcome of this last election and they gave it away to the putz with the big ears.
Real smart ~
I suspect some of this has to do with the Obamista reading of the results of the upcoming Gubernatorial election in New Jersey where the Democrats are going to lose their britches (if they haven't already).
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