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An Offer You’d Probably Refuse
American officials are badly misunderstanding the reasons for Russian opposition to an Eastern European missile defense system, argues arms control guru Matt Dupuis.
2 Responses to “An Offer You’d Probably Refuse”
The idea of Bush actually playing with the big kids in a real arms race issue terrifies the crap out of me. Its fine as long as he sticks to countries without ICBM’s that in reality can’t do much to hurt us, but Russia, yikes. I pray that he treads water on this until we get another president in office.
This is a strange situation.
I can see why Russia wouldn’t like a US missile defense system in Europe, and I think Putin’s belligerent statements from Iran are part of the reaction.
In the meantime, though, Russia’s missiles could be a threat to all of Europe. I think the states that broke away from the USSR feel the threat especially sharply. The USSR, would love to control them once again and reminds them of it regularly
I wonder if Russia’s antagonism isn’t partially based on thinking that the proposed defense system might be a way to check the threat Russia poses to others in the region.
The attack on Estoniia’s internet system was ominous.