“Foreign Minister Sikorskiradek Calls for Major US Base in Poland.”
To be fair, the Poles have been trying to get us to move our German forces to Poland for 20 years. They offered us the Soviet’s largest former airbase in Eastern Europe, for free, with unlimited basing rights.
Clinton ignored it, but when Bush entertained the idea, along with the Missile Defense system, the Democrats and the U.S. Media went NUTZ on him. The German Left pretty much shut up about US Forces in Germany, because everybody realized just how many jobs go with it.
The Russians went ape when Bush and Poland came to an agreement in late 2008, of course, and one of Obama’s first actions was to kill it. Remember “Reset”?
It’s the Missile Defense system that is going to create further tension just as it did before....I don’t see that Putin’s going to see that any different then he did before. So in light of the Ukraine situation happening currently it’s just another ploy to push Putin into war. Why not wait til things calm before they go about broad casting there moves as they’re doing...why not just move behind the scenes rather than show their hand?
I realize it’s a one up on you war as well....but we are talking two neuclear Nations after all.