Community | August 14, 2008 | 28 comments

US, Poland reach agreement on anti-missile defense deal - Russians take notice

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/14/us-poland-reach-agreement_n_119053.html

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Poland and the United States struck a deal Thursday that will strengthen military ties and put an American missile interceptor base in Poland, a plan that has infuriated Moscow and sparked fears in Europe of a new arms race.

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28 comments // US, Poland reach agreement on anti-missile defense deal - Russians take notice

  • Pericles_Lewnes
  • Emil_G
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      Emil_G  
    • Pericles_Lewnes:

      It's not, but the worry is that it CAN be turned into an offensive installation with relative ease and that it an be used to spy in Russian airspace.

      There is also a symbolic F-U component to this from Poland to Russia.

      Russia in turn can continue to work closer with Cuba and Venezuela, and possibly place something in either or both those countries, as well as build something up in Kaliningrad, and those are just the most no-brainer options. Personally I hope for something more progressive/ingenious.

      Not sure how this works as far as contracts, building goes, as in what if the next administration is against building this, do they still have to honor the agreement or not. Barack has said he was against this missile shield, but then again his rhetoric has become more conservative on Russian issues.

    • 3 years ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  

    • Russia made Poland sign this. Their actions made them think this was in their best interest against Russia.

      I think they were going to hold off on a no.....

      Russia's fault.

    • 3 years ago
  • Emil_G
  • Emil_G
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      Emil_G  

    • The smarter people in Poland dragged this out for 18 moths, knowing that striking a deal with this outgoing, unpopular American administration would be a mistake.

      Sadly, the not-as-smart people of Poland won again.

    • 3 years ago
  • WorldPeaceTV
  • ihateyou
  • anglcazn
  • Emil_G
  • rube
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      rube  

    • Their is no logic here other than to undermine the potential for peace.

      ...regressive tactics for power, energy and greed!

    • 3 years ago
  • Wessagusset_Oracle
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      Wessagusset_Oracle  

    • why is everyone so irrationally afraid of russia? yes russia is a military, economic, and geogrpahic power, but they have a corrupt, bully, arrogant, selfish, destructive, and government.

      once again it's arrogant macho politicians starting problems, instead of helping their country and others.

      russia is a huge, beautiful, and historic country, with not that big of a population. if it ever wants to spar with NATO, it would be pointless, massively destructive for both sides, and we've already been there during all the wars. when are people going to learn from history, can't we just live in peace? why can't russia just be happy with the HUGE country it has, damn greed and feeling that it is entitled to everything, bad, bad, bad.

    • 3 years ago
  • Emil_G
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      Emil_G  
    • Wessagusset_Oracle:

      Selfish government, that's a new one. What exactly should they "share"?:)

      So first you say how not-scary Russia is and how NATO can and should "bitch slap" them, they you say how pointless and destructive it would be and how we should learn from history...

      Your lack of logic is bad bad bad.

    • 3 years ago
  • ace_ofgabriel
  • Emil_G
  • Pericles_Lewnes
  • Dmitri_Molotov
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      Dmitri_Molotov  
    • ace_ofgabriel:

      Don't say "like" as much as you obviously do in real life, or I will find a way to throttle you over the internet...
      Not really, because Russia isn't the one taking action. It's the exact opposite more like...

    • 3 years ago
  • Emil_G
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      Emil_G  

    • Just goes to show who/what this missile "shield" is really about! Anyone still think it has anything to do with Iran?
      :)

    • 3 years ago
  • furryjenn
  • Saladin
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      Saladin  

    • Only neo-cons would think it would be a good idea to fuck with a country that you already have thin ice relations with to further a hardly important military agenda.

      With the way these morons are running things, we could very well all be dead before a president with sense starts running the show.

    • 3 years ago
  • malathion
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      malathion  

    • these are just minor technical difficulties as we install the infrastructure required to rule this shitty planet . long term thinking and all .

    • 3 years ago
  • Vierotchka
  • ace_ofgabriel
  • Wessagusset_Oracle
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      Wessagusset_Oracle  
    • Vierotchka:

      u r both wrong! being afraid of russia is stupid and whimpy. all NATO has to do is bitch slap Russia and put it into place if it used economic terror via manipulation. we all know what happened when nobody stood up to nazi germany, and this will not happen with kgb russia. america and poland are independent countries, and russia needs to mind its own business.

    • 3 years ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • Vierotchka:

      Those countries that were once part of the USSR are already fearful of what Russia is trying to pull here.

      Why are you siding with a blatant bully while pointing the finger at America for being such in other situations?

    • 3 years ago
  • Emil_G
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      Emil_G  
    • Vierotchka:

      The only ex-USSR countries really antagonistic to Russia, are also ones that have had Bush sponsored conservative nationalist "revolutions" that being the Ukraine and Georgia. Then there's always that deep seeded bastion of russophobia, aka the Baltic states, but they are completely powerless an have nothing that Russia wants, or any real assets to provide support to anyone else, thus they only warrant and offer lip service.

      Russia is not being a bully by looking out for its interests and security.

    • 3 years ago
  • current_nando
  • Dmitri_Molotov
  • cocheezy
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      cocheezy  

    • “We learned in 2003 that the federal government was headed towards researching, funding, developing and testing new nuclear weapons. I am the only member of the Utah delegation to oppose those efforts. The intent is clear - research, develop and test new nuclear weapons and each step along the way moves us toward new nuclear weapons testing.”

      - Jim Matheson

    • 3 years ago
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