Obama: Scrapping East Europe Missile Shield Will Strengthen U.S. Defenses
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(AP) - US President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a new anti-missile defense approach in Europe, as he warned that Iran's ballistic missile program remained a threat. "This new approach will provide capabilities sooner, build on proven systems and offer greater defenses against the threat of missile attack than the 2007 European missile defense program," Obama said in a brief statement.
posted by BP News Bureau | 12:00 PM
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From 'Townhall.com':
Shameful Appeasement
There's news this morning that dwarfs the Acorn controversy and most other matters. President Obama has now thrown Czechslovakia and Poland under the bus, eliminating all plans for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe.
It is all too reminiscent of the Hungarian spring, when the US stood by and let the USSR crush the Hungarian freedom movement. This appeasement will do nothing but embolden the most militaristic and dangerous elements of the Russian ruling class. Message: America has retreated.
This move will cause us nothing but trouble in the long term. And it's a fine repayment for the support and friendship that these brave Eastern European countries have shown America, isn't it?
If he knows about this, there is a tear in Ronald Reagan's eye this morning.
From 'Townhall.com':
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's co-invasion of Poland with then-ally Nazi Germany during the Polish Defensive War of 1939, marking the start of World War II. Ironically, President Barack Obama has chosen this day to abandon America's plan for a large missile defense shield in Eastern Europe.
Seventy years later, the Soviets and the Nazis are gone, but other adversaries in the region--including Iran--still threaten America's European allies. But Obama is now balking at plans for missile protections against potential threats...
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