Poland calls Obama's missile defense announcement treason
by: Robert McIntosh posted: 2009-09-18 15:21:00
Wow, pretty strong words here. Translated from their site:
Strategic ally? Mainstay of our security? End of illusions. United States of America, for which we have for each call, turned his back to us. U.S. President lightly tossed into the trash construction project in Poland and the Czech anti-missile shield. The massive military installation was to give special meaning to us in NATO and to strengthen our position towards Russia. But America, instead of Warsaw, he prefers dogadaæ with Moscow. Yesterday the whole world went round decision Barack Obama (48 l.). Kremlin triumphs, and the Poles have been exposed to the wind.
They go on to mention the symbolic date on which the announcement was made. September 17th, which is the anniversary of when the Sovient Union invaded Poland. How nice.
The Poles are not the only ones. A headline from the largest Czech daily reads "No Radar. Russia won".
From the AP:
An editorial in Hospodarske Novine, a respected pro-business Czech newspaper, said: "an ally we rely on has betrayed us, and exchanged us for its own, better relations with Russia, of which we are rightly afraid."
How is that for strengthening relations with our allies?