Placating Russia won't work
Posted: September 21, 2009 at 4:15 a.m.
Russian leaders never liked the idea that the United States, Poland and the Czech Republic were cooperating on missile defense to confront an emerging Iranian threat. The notion that two former Warsaw Pact states that Moscow used to control would be hosting 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a corresponding radar facility in the Czech Republic was unacceptable.
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Editorial, Pages 10 on 09/21/2009
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