elprincipe said:
Do you realize that this decision has made the East Coast less safe? These defenses would have been able to intercept missiles headed for where I live. I don't like that we are eliminating defenses that we need (missile defense given the threats of Iran and North Korea) and keeping a bloated military of stuff we don't need. That is where the real money should be saved and cuts made, not missile defense. And the Russians have played Obama for a fool. It's quite clear. Right after the announcement was made, the Russian foreign minister said it would have no effect on their relationship with Iran. In fact, the Russians are selling Iran anti-aircraft batteries and assisting them in their nuclear development. The defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic had little to do with Russia, since everyone knows that 12 interceptor missiles have no chance of stopping thousands of Russian missiles. The whole point of the missile shield was to protect mainly against Iran, a country developing nuclear weapons and ICBMs, not the Russians. What a joke that we unilaterally disarm our defenses and get nothing in return but increased threats. That is not logical foreign policy, it's madness. |
Exactly, and that whole "pirate" incident last month wasn't at all about stealing lumber. It was Mossad making sure S300 SAMs didn't make it to Iran. After the reporter opened up this can of worms, FSB told him to shut up or disappear.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8259311.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-300_%28missile%29
