Post by Thetaloops on Aug 20, 2008 8:42:29 GMT -5
OK, does everyone feel more safe now, as the insanity increases and the threat excelerates? I feel sick to my stomach. I thought there was suppose to be some value in life. They seem to think there is more value in death.
"No Money in Peace, Mr. Ichsnay!"
Thanks Condy and Dumbya and all else involved.
U.S. and Poland sign missile defense deal
Move angers Russia, which says Poland is making itself vulnerable to attack
MSNBC News Services
updated 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
WARSAW, Poland - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.
The deal to install 10 U.S. interceptor missiles just 115 miles from Russia’s westernmost frontier also has strained relations between Moscow and the West, ties that already troubled by Russia’s invasion of its former Soviet neighbor, U.S. ally Georgia, earlier this month.
Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed the deal Wednesday morning.
“The negotiations were very tough but friendly,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk told Rice after the signing. “We have achieved our main goals, which means that our country and the United States will be more secure.”
'Not aimed at anyone'
Earlier, Rice said the missile defense base would not threaten any country.
“This is a system that is defensive and is not aimed at anyone,” Rice said. “This is an agreement that will establish a missile defense site ... that will help us to deal with the new threats of the 21st century of a long-range missile threats from countries like Iran or from North Korea.”
After Warsaw and Washington announced the agreement on the deal last week, top Russian Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn warned that Poland is risking attack, and possibly a nuclear one, by deploying the American missile defense system, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.
Poles have been shaken by the threats, but NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop dismissed them Tuesday as “pathetic rhetoric.”
“It is unhelpful and it leads nowhere,” he told reporters at a NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
Many Poles consider the agreement a form of protection at a time when Russia’s invasion of Georgia has generated alarm throughout Eastern Europe. Poland is a member of the European Union and NATO, and the deal is expected to deepen its military partnership with Washington.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski also expressed “great satisfaction” at the outcome of the long months of negotiations.
Nevertheless, some of the U.S.'s European allies are skeptical about the missile defense plan's effectiveness and concerned it could lead to a new arms race.
Agreement on Patriot missiles
Poland and the United States spent a year-and-a-half negotiating, and talks recently had snagged on Poland’s demands that the U.S. bolster Polish security with Patriot missiles in exchange for hosting the missile defense base.
Washington agreed to do so last week, as Poland invoked the Georgia conflict to strengthen its case.
The Patriots are meant to protect Poland from short-range missiles from neighbors — such as Russia.
The U.S. already has reached an agreement with the government in Prague to place the second component of the missile defense shield — a radar tracking system — in the Czech Republic, Poland’s southwestern neighbor and another formerly communist country.
Approval is still needed the Czech and Polish parliaments.
No date has been set for the Polish parliament to consider the agreement, but it should face no difficulties in Warsaw, where it enjoys the support of the largest opposition party as well as the government.
Apprehension of Russia
Following the events in Georgia, surveys showed a turnaround of Polish public opinion in favor of the shield, accompanied by a sharp rise in apprehension of Russia.
Poland, the biggest ex-Soviet satellite in central Europe, as well as the Baltic nations that were Soviet republics until 1991, have condemned Russia's strike against Georgia.
Across the region, newspapers, commentators and politicians drew parallels between Moscow's operations in Georgia to Soviet interventions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968 to crush their attempts to leave Moscow's orbit.
"No Money in Peace, Mr. Ichsnay!"
Thanks Condy and Dumbya and all else involved.
U.S. and Poland sign missile defense deal
Move angers Russia, which says Poland is making itself vulnerable to attack
MSNBC News Services
updated 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
WARSAW, Poland - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.
The deal to install 10 U.S. interceptor missiles just 115 miles from Russia’s westernmost frontier also has strained relations between Moscow and the West, ties that already troubled by Russia’s invasion of its former Soviet neighbor, U.S. ally Georgia, earlier this month.
Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed the deal Wednesday morning.
“The negotiations were very tough but friendly,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk told Rice after the signing. “We have achieved our main goals, which means that our country and the United States will be more secure.”
'Not aimed at anyone'
Earlier, Rice said the missile defense base would not threaten any country.
“This is a system that is defensive and is not aimed at anyone,” Rice said. “This is an agreement that will establish a missile defense site ... that will help us to deal with the new threats of the 21st century of a long-range missile threats from countries like Iran or from North Korea.”
After Warsaw and Washington announced the agreement on the deal last week, top Russian Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn warned that Poland is risking attack, and possibly a nuclear one, by deploying the American missile defense system, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.
Poles have been shaken by the threats, but NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop dismissed them Tuesday as “pathetic rhetoric.”
“It is unhelpful and it leads nowhere,” he told reporters at a NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
Many Poles consider the agreement a form of protection at a time when Russia’s invasion of Georgia has generated alarm throughout Eastern Europe. Poland is a member of the European Union and NATO, and the deal is expected to deepen its military partnership with Washington.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski also expressed “great satisfaction” at the outcome of the long months of negotiations.
Nevertheless, some of the U.S.'s European allies are skeptical about the missile defense plan's effectiveness and concerned it could lead to a new arms race.
Agreement on Patriot missiles
Poland and the United States spent a year-and-a-half negotiating, and talks recently had snagged on Poland’s demands that the U.S. bolster Polish security with Patriot missiles in exchange for hosting the missile defense base.
Washington agreed to do so last week, as Poland invoked the Georgia conflict to strengthen its case.
The Patriots are meant to protect Poland from short-range missiles from neighbors — such as Russia.
The U.S. already has reached an agreement with the government in Prague to place the second component of the missile defense shield — a radar tracking system — in the Czech Republic, Poland’s southwestern neighbor and another formerly communist country.
Approval is still needed the Czech and Polish parliaments.
No date has been set for the Polish parliament to consider the agreement, but it should face no difficulties in Warsaw, where it enjoys the support of the largest opposition party as well as the government.
Apprehension of Russia
Following the events in Georgia, surveys showed a turnaround of Polish public opinion in favor of the shield, accompanied by a sharp rise in apprehension of Russia.
Poland, the biggest ex-Soviet satellite in central Europe, as well as the Baltic nations that were Soviet republics until 1991, have condemned Russia's strike against Georgia.
Across the region, newspapers, commentators and politicians drew parallels between Moscow's operations in Georgia to Soviet interventions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia in 1956 and 1968 to crush their attempts to leave Moscow's orbit.
