Comments on: The Balance Sheet on the Scrapped Missile Shield

By: brendanm

brendanm — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:34:47 +0000

Read it again.

By: ed

ed — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:44:15 +0000

Russia isn't an important country!? This statement can only be made by someone who isn't an important journalist.

By: JasonSigger

JasonSigger — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:22:59 +0000

Two quick points – first, I keep reading statements to the effect that the Polish and Czech people are going to be dismayed by this action. In fact, the majorities of the actual population resisted the US bases. It was the governments who wanted the US money, not the “protection” that it was dressed up to be. Second, I would note that Gates' opinion isn't really that valid. This is, in the end, a political decision – SHOULD we deploy an untested strategic missile defense effort against a nation that doesn't yet have either nukes or an ability to range the United States. The military question is, CAN we deploy an untested strategic missile defense system… or are there alternatives (yes to both questions). Our Cold War neocons continue the fallacy that there are only military options to foreign policy questions.

By: Tech

Tech — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:11:10 +0000

What was Obama supposed to do, push the missile defence system and instigate hostility towards Russia when the system was overly aggressive from the start?

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Goodbye, Theoretical Missile Shield | Oliver Willis — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:18:14 +0000

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We’re Canceling Our Order Of Fries « Around The Sphere — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:47:35 +0000

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