September 17, 2009: Obama Loses the Cold War, Retroactively
A screengrab is worth a thousand words:
Source: DrudgeReport
So... PresidentObama announces the scrapping of a missile shield in Eastern Europe, on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland. Meanwhile, an IAEA report confirms Iran is weaponizing nuclear material and is close to achieving a delivery system.
Former Polish president Lech Walesa is not impressed:
For an American perspective, we have Senator John McCain:“Americans have always cared only about their interests, and all other [countries] have been used for their purposes. This is another example,” Mr Wałęsa told TVN24. “[Poles] need to review our view of America, we must first of all take care of our business,” he added.
“I could tell from what I saw, what kind of policies President Obama cultivates,” the former president added. “I simply don't like this policy, not because this shield was required [in Poland], but [because of] the way we were treated,” he concluded.
Source: Warsaw Business Journal, via RedState.com
The President's general-election opponent, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told ABC News that he had not been briefed on the anouncement, and he wasn't exactly sure he knew what constituted the new more mobile system.More links:
"I haven't heard of it," McCain said. The new system, he added, "is certainly unproven technology." But, Mr. McCain said, "most important, we made a commitment to the Czech and Polish governments. Now we go and tell them we're abrogating that agreement? Is that the way you treat friends and allies?"
McCain called the announcement "ham-fisted" and said he was concerned that the move "can only be construed in some quarters -- Ukraine, Georgia, Poland, the Czech Republic and others -- as acceding to the threats and bullying of Vladimir Putin."
Source: ABC News, via RedState.com
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