[Newsbot]

Title: U.S. sends Patriot missiles, soldiers to Poland
Category: World
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-05-25 01:13:19

[GreenTiger]

This should irk the Russians.

[Dragom]

I think it was Poland where a bunch of protesters hopped a fence of a military base to protest the American nuclear arms held there.

Walked right up the the building they where stored in before anyone knew what was happening.

And I guess that's why their sending their own soldiers.

[PostFactum]

Russia gets nervous:)

[PostFactum]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

This should irk the Russians.

Everything was agreed half of a year ago between Medvedev and Obama it's strategical missles not tactical. Looking for nowdays types of doing war, distance doesn't matter

[Bacardi4206]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

This should irk the Russians.

What doesn't irk them.

[Wada]

Washington is more than aware of their position....they still remember Cuba.

[BartSimpson]

GreenTiger GreenTiger:

This should irk the Russians.

Too bad.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Why should it irk the Russians? Unless they still have eyes for Poland.

[Proculation]

Hey USA, North Korea is more farer.

[BartSimpson]

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

Why should it irk the Russians? Unless they still have eyes for Poland.

They do.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/colu ... mpire.html

[Thanos]

$1:

Bush's envisioned missile defence interceptors were separate from the Patriots missiles, which have a shorter range and have not provoked Russian anger as greatly as the missile defence plan had.

Different animal altogether, which explains why Moscow isn't too torqued up about this yet. One wonders what would have happened with the global anti-terror campaign, and whether or not Iran would have gotten so belligerent over the last few years, if Bush hadn't pissed in the Russians faces by tearing up the old ABM treaty. Add Russian aid into the situation, instead of giving Russia reasons to lean towards the enemy side, and the entire scenario today might have been completely different than the quagmire it's turned into.

[BartSimpson]

Patriot missiles can defend a specific location from inbound ballistic missiles and the Bush proposal was to use a mere ten modified SM-3 missiles (basically the SM-3 with an inexpensive booster stage) to defend a region from one or two inbound threats. That the Russians got SO upset over this speaks not to any provocation by Bush, but to the fact that the Russians are concerned that they might only be able to get 1 or 2 of their missiles off the ground at any given time.

Oh, and don't forget that those hypocrites have a massive anti-ICBM capability all over Russia despite treaty obligations that limited ABM forces to Moscow only.