Posted on 09/17/2009 8:34:33 AM PDT by roses of sharon
The White House has put out a "fact sheet" on their policy of Russian appeasement/missile defense surrender. The fact sheet says that the new approach -- focusing on SM-3 and sea-based systems (presumably in Turkey) -- will "augment our current protection of the U.S. homeland against long-range ballistic missile threats." That is a lie. This system will provide zero, nada, zilch protection to the U.S. homeland, providing only defense against short- and medium-range missiles to Europe.
The fact sheet says this system will protect "our Allies in Europe sooner and more comprehensively than the previous program, and involves more flexible and survivable systems." That is a lie. The system that was being placed in Poland is already operational in Alaska. These new plans will now take years of negotations to implement and will necessarily be less survivable as they will not be underground.
The fact sheet says that "The Czech Republic and Poland, as close, strategic and steadfast Allies of the United States, will be central to our continued consultations with NATO Allies on our defense against the growing ballistic missile threat." That is a lie. The Czechs and Poles get a midnight phone call from the president while Tauscher is already in the air. They were not consulted with and have been given no assurances -- because the president is selling them out.
This is a decision based purely on ideology and the good soldiers on the JCS and and at the Pentagon have no choice but to go along for the ride. At least the president ought to be honest about what this means and stop the smears of missile defense.
The full White House fact sheet below the jump...
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
The Barry White House will publically release the terms of the surrender when?
Is there a land-based SM-3 implementation?
I hadn’t read about one, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one.
I am fully aware of the contempt for the loon that is presently held by the military. Of course, since the loon-admin-goons are right out of 1984, they keep their mouths shut.
it may be your last chance!
1. Poland
2. Latvia
3. Estonia
4. Lithuania
5. Finland
Eventually all of the Above.
“The 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland was a military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939, during the early stages of World War II, sixteen days after the beginning of the Nazi German attack on Poland. It ended in a decisive victory for the Soviet Union's Red Army.”
stolt for later
This wouldn’t have happened if Hillary were in charge! Well, OK, she is at State and we might have hoped that someone could have checked a calendar, but we are talking about an Administration that thinks history began on Jan 20, 2009. Maybe Hillary can deliver Poland a Reset button.
Let’s have some more mush from the new wimp:
Mr. Obama’s advisers have said their changes to missile defense were motivated by the accelerating Iranian threat, not by Russian complaints. But the announcement comes just days before Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet privately with Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, in New York on the sidelines of next week’s United Nations General Assembly session.
What will he say to the dead here at home when terrorist start nuking us?
It cannot be all us typical white folks' fault... 
but I am sure we and W will be blamed by the Øne.
To those who believe that is coincidental, consider how extensively the Obama campaign (and now, the Obama WH) relies on symbolism. No, sir, the timing of this announcement was purposeful, and designed to send a message to the Soviets of the President's fondness for their way of doing business.
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