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Barack Obama changes American missile plans in Europe, causing fear among allies
The Telegraph ^ | September 20, 2009 | Philip Sherwell, Andrew Osborn and Leonard Doyle

Posted on 09/20/2009 6:19:28 AM PDT by myknowledge

For the Czech prime minister Jan Fischer, the news came in a call hastily placed by President Barack Obama, shortly after midnight on Thursday in Prague.

In Warsaw, his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk initially declined to answer the phone from the White House - as he guessed the purpose, from the unusual timing, and wanted to prepare a response.

Mr Obama last week unveiled the most dramatic national security reversal of his presidency by scrapping his predecessor George W Bush's planned anti-ballistic missile shield in eastern Europe.

With this volte face, the Obama administration has brought the curtain firmly down on the Bush doctrine of defiant diplomatic unilateralism and ushered in a new era in which America will seek partners and make compromises on the world stage.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: allies; allypoland; bhoforeignpolicy; bhomissiledefense; bhorussia; europe; missiledefense; russia
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Implementing national security reversals, scrapping the missile defense shield and jeopardizing U.S. allies in Eastern Europe...priceless.

For everything else, there's Obamacard.

1 posted on 09/20/2009 6:19:30 AM PDT by myknowledge
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I’m sure this poser could assure those fearful nations that the UN will be happy to watch as they are decimated by the nations we promised to protect them from. No matter that he said hwe would keep the missile program for them in 2008. LIAR


2 posted on 09/20/2009 6:23:43 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: myknowledge

It’s #647 on his plan to destroy America.


3 posted on 09/20/2009 6:24:11 AM PDT by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: bgill
His plan? Not at all. This is a very old plan.

Krushchev, bury you


4 posted on 09/20/2009 6:27:36 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
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To: myknowledge

".... my new presidential helicopter.
...will let me cook a meal while under nuclear attack."



“Poland calls Obama's missile defense announcement treason
Polish and Czech newspapers call Obama's plan treason.”

5 posted on 09/20/2009 6:28:49 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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Fear among allies? How can that be? I thought they all loved obama and the world would be a safer more sane place once obama and not that cowboy Bush was President.


6 posted on 09/20/2009 6:28:50 AM PDT by GBA
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With this volte face, the Obama administration has brought the curtain firmly down on the Bush doctrine of defiant diplomatic unilateralism policy and ushered in a new era in which America will seek partners and make compromises appeasement and weakness on the world stage.

Fixed.

7 posted on 09/20/2009 6:31:03 AM PDT by A message (3 years 4 months until Jim Thompson is President)
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Odumbo has no idea what this does to his credibility with the rest of the world.

On April 5 2009 Odumbo was in Prague gave a speech, err teleprompter reading, saying he fully supported the missile defense system ...

Looks like he thinks shuck and jive works everywhere ...


8 posted on 09/20/2009 6:33:02 AM PDT by Tarpon (The Obama's plan -- Slavery by debt so large it can never be repaid...)
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To: myknowledge

They’re racist.


9 posted on 09/20/2009 6:36:19 AM PDT by NotSoModerate (Report dissenters to snitch@whitehouse.gov for a $4,500 tax credit)
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To: myknowledge
Barack Obama changes American missile plans in Europe, causing fear among FORMER allies

NEW ALLIES BELOW.


10 posted on 09/20/2009 6:41:18 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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“Odumbo has no idea what this does to his credibility with the rest of the world.”

I don’t think he cares. He’ll just make a speech saying what needs to be said - and that should be all we need, because, you know, he doesn’t lie. If something bad happens as a result, well, it’s all President Bush’s fault anyway.


11 posted on 09/20/2009 6:44:58 AM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: myknowledge

The Manchurian Candidate for our enemies strikes again.


12 posted on 09/20/2009 6:46:14 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: myknowledge
a new era in which America will seek partners and make compromises on the world stage.

Right. And you guys over there are gonna just love the new "partners" he hooks up with. (hint: It won't be you.)

13 posted on 09/20/2009 6:46:19 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard (truth--the liberal's kryptonite.)
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To: freeangel

But Europeans stuck their big fat noses in our business and campaigned for the black racist commie.

Surely they must be happy that the bully US is removing itself from defense/military entanglements with Europe. The Europeans ran their campaign for Dear Leader on reaction against Bush’s military activity in Iraq claiming dear leader would bring peace, peace, peace! Now that they helped orchestrate our oppression, they are afraid?


14 posted on 09/20/2009 6:49:57 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: EagleUSA

If I remember correctly, Europe was in orgamastic estacy upon the news of obama’s election. They are only getting whatthey deserve.


15 posted on 09/20/2009 6:50:49 AM PDT by sport
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To: myknowledge

His plan is to do everything he can to help our enemy’s. This is just one of them.


16 posted on 09/20/2009 7:01:26 AM PDT by Piquaboy (Military veteran of 22 years in Navy, Air Force, and Army.)
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To: SaraJohnson

The East Europeans (who are now being screwed by Obama) have always been pro-American. This is the first time they felt themselves being sold out. It’s the West Europeans who wanted Obama.


17 posted on 09/20/2009 7:03:13 AM PDT by winner3000
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To: myknowledge

If the Illinois GOP were smart (HUGE if), it would start outreaching to the about 3 million Polish people in the Chicagoland area in preparation to the next election.


18 posted on 09/20/2009 7:04:17 AM PDT by winner3000
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To: winner3000

I read yesterday that by a majority, Poles supported Obama.


19 posted on 09/20/2009 7:10:18 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: myknowledge
"Don't leave Kenya without it"
20 posted on 09/20/2009 7:15:50 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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