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Russia warns of response to US missile shield
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia says its response to the further development of a U.S. missile shield in Poland will go beyond diplomacy.
Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying the U.S. missile shield plans are clearly aimed at weakening Russia.
The U.S. says the missile defense system is aimed at protecting the U.S. and Europe from future attacks from states like Iran.
The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia's westernmost fringe.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP)—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.
Rice dismissed blustery comments from Russian leaders who say Warsaw's hosting of 10 U.S. interceptor missiles just 115 miles from Russia's westernmost frontier opens the country up to attack.
Such comments "border on the bizarre frankly," Rice said, speaking to reporters traveling with her in Warsaw.
"When you threaten Poland, you perhaps forget that it is not 1988," Rice said. "It's 2008 and the United States has a ... firm treaty guarantee to defend Poland's territory as if it was the territory of the United States. So it's probably not wise to throw these threats around."
It'll go like "Ok, we'll give you Poland, if you give us Iran"I have a feeling that the US will agree to give up the missile defense base in Poland in exchange for Russia leaving Georgia completely and a draft pick to be named later.
It was a joke. Maybe it went over your head, see, since Stormin said the Draft Pick part, I said what I said, and it was a JOKE. Heh, you said Whatever, you cute little bugger you.Yeah whatever SupermanBeyond.
Anyway, man, the Russians would have to be pretty damn stupid to attack Poland. I don't think it would happen. The Russians are showing off. If the Russians attacked Poland, the Russians would have to answer to Europe and the US.
Yeah whatever SupermanBeyond.
Anyway, man, the Russians would have to be pretty damn stupid to attack Poland. I don't think it would happen. The Russians are showing off. If the Russians attacked Poland, the Russians would have to answer to Europe and the US.
You know what else is really stupid The fact that we ever got involved in world affairs in the first place. If only we listened to Washington on isolationism.
Think of it from the Russian perspective, its kinda like the Cuban missile crisis for them
But attacking an ally IS American business - if it wasn't then there is NO point in any country becoming an American ally.IMO you can't completely cut yourself off from the world, but you have to know when to trust other countries to handle their own buisness.
Except that we won't have nuclear missiles aimed at Russia and Poland has even flat out invited Russia to do a complete inspection of the system to prove it is purely a defense system in no way specifically targeting Russia. Instead of taking Poland and the U.S. up on the offer, Russia just keeps threatening to kick Poland in the balls....diplomatically speaking.Think of it from the Russian perspective, its kinda like the Cuban missile crisis for them
Think of it from the Russian perspective, its kinda like the Cuban missile crisis for them
As far as isolationism goes......had we stayed out of WWI and WWII, yeah, we might could have kept that policy.....................but what would the world look like today, if that had happened? Don't know....and trying to go back to that policy is impossible.
Isolationism is a big "what if" now..................and we cannot live in a "what if" scenario.....
*chokes my chicken*
WTF????????
I disagree. The Russia-Georgia conflict doesn't concern us, or at least it shouldn't. These two countries have a long, contorted history with one another and they were almost destined to fight each other in battle. What we should be doing, instead of trying to build a missile shield in Poland and self-righteously declaring our support for Georgia, is keeping our noses out of their business.
That's the same thing we should be doing with Iran, to tell you the truth, until there is evidence that they have nuclear weapons and it is clear that they want to attack Israel or its allies. We need to get out heads out of our asses and realize that these other countries are sovereign and they are capable of making their own decisions without our intervention. Moreover, we need to realize that our intervention only infuriates some of these nations more, and that if we don't stop acting like the world's police, we're going to end up severing our most important alliances and find ourselves all alone in the world one way or another.
Instead of lobbying for sanctions or taking provocative military measures, we should be sending diplomats to these countries and opening up talks on every single issue which faces the international community. From Iran's nuclear program to Russia's hostility, we shouldn't be making threats, we should sit down and talk things out like adults. Or, we should keep our nose out of their business and let these countries work out their problems by themselves.
I'm tired of our military being stretched to the limits in Iraq, I certainly don't want to see an entire generation drafted because we feel this need to have the bigger penis in the room by exercising our military might and diplomatic aggressiveness.