It would have to be for the administration to scuttle plans for a missile defense shield for Eastern Europe and to potentially undermine relations with our allies Poland and the Czech Republic.
I mean, the President was fairly clear last April:
“So let me be clear: Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran's neighbors and our allies. The Czech Republic and Poland have been courageous in agreeing to host a defense against these missiles. As long as the threat from Iran persists, we will go forward with a missile defense system that is cost-effective and proven. If the Iranian threat is eliminated, we will have a stronger basis for security, and the driving force for missile defense construction in Europe will be removed.”
It’s a pretty safe bet that any decision to kill the deal will be based on the judgment by the administration that the current strategy was costly and unproven, not that the threat from Iran had been neutralized.
Because that would certainly be news to French President Sarkozy.
If Obama's approval ratings in Eastern Europe fall as a result, does that mean the Poles and Czechs are rascist?
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ReplyDeleteIn the eyes of Jimmy Carter, Maureen Dowd, etc., yes - the Eastern Europeans would be racist. Especially in the eyes of Jimmah!
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ReplyDelete"Under Secretary of State for Arms Control Ellen Tauscher? The first
member of her family to attend college, she graduated in 1974 from
Seton Hall University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in early childhood education."
I don't know about you, but if I were playing the geo-political nuclear arms game with the Russians, I might look for advice elsewhere. Just a thought.
There is a missile shield, it's called Israel. Iran won't start lobbing nukes willy nilly at Paris or Rome, they'll first try to take out Tel Aviv. They will be successful of course, but an Israeli counterstrike will turn Tehran into a glass wasteland. Iran will cease to be a problem, as well as many other Islamic states that Israel will nuke in it's death throes.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Hammer, this is all too common and is a result of that inside the beltway thinking. When Iraq invaded Kuwait, our ambassador to Iraq was April Glaspie. We sent an "April" to serve as our representative to one of the most brutal regimes in the world. No wonder Sadam had no respect for us.
ReplyDeleteNo surprise we now send a nursery school teacher to negotiate with Stalin's heirs.
One of the most dangerous things in this world since the end of WWII is to be considered an ally of the United States of America.
ReplyDeleteFor the sake of political expediancy we have sold many so called allies down the proverbial river.
Looks like we cannot be faulted for not being consistantly an ally of dubious worth.
Would love to have a SIPR and VoSIP chat with you all and catch you up on the goings on here in the AOR.
ReplyDeleteI do guess they want us bury alive? Or, what??? We need all the protection we can get due to the hate they have for us and our "Freedom"!!! Help!!!
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