Category Archives: U.S. Alliances

Obama Abandons Missile Defense: Appeasement of Russia Is the New Policy

What we knew was coming is now official.  The Obama administration is abandoning the ground-based missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.  The Obama administration’s appeasement of Russia continues. The Wall Street Journal has a good story here. The costs of this mistake are many. First, will Central Europe ever again trust that …

September 17, 2009 – 4:06 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in U.S. Alliances, U.S. Allies, U.S. Defense Policy, missile defense | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Obama Abandons Poland and the Czech Republic

Reports are that the Obama administration is abandoning the Bush administration’s effort to place interceptors in Poland and an advanced radar in the Czech Republic to defend NATO from Iranian ballistic missile attack.  This is a huge mistake.  Warsaw and Prague are key NATO allies who have gone out on a limb for the alliance …

August 28, 2009 – 1:40 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in U.S. Alliances, U.S. Defense Policy, missile defense | Tagged , , | Comments (0)