Let’s Hope Democrats Put Bush Missile Shield on Ice
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Is America’s proposed missile shield in Europe of real strategic value, or just President Bush’s ‘absurd’ reaction to the post-September 11th world? Whatever the motivation, according to this op-ed article from Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau, Europeans are hoping that a new Democratic administration in the U.S. will slam the brakes on the idea.
“The entire project could be put on hold for years – unless Bush can create a fait accompli in Eastern Europe. … Those who care less about Bush’s trophy collection and more about reducing tension would no doubt welcome the delay.”
By Dietmar Ostermann
Translated By Ulf Behncke
November 2, 2007
Germany – Frankfurter Rundschau – Original Article (German)
One of the unspoken reasons behind the great urgency with which the U.S. Government has been pushing its plans for anti-missile defense has always been the political timetable. George W. Bush regards this project as an important part of his legacy. Ever since Reagan, conservatives in America have dreamed of achieving security and strategic dominance with a ballistic missile shield that would destroy incoming missiles.
To be sure, the events of September 11 and the emergence of the asymmetric threat from terrorism led to a dream of invulnerability ad absurdum. But be that as it may, Bush wants to go down in history as the president who sheltered America and its allies under a missile shield. Which is why years ago, a crude battery of missile interceptors went into service in Alaska and California, although no one knows whether they’ll work in the event of a crisis. Therefore, the first spade is to break ground on a third anti-missile battery in Poland before Bush leaves the White House in January 2009.
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Yeah with Pakistan quickly falling into the hands of terrorists and Europe within sight of the missiles she wields Im sure that Europe would love to see AMERICAN DEMOCRATS put the shield on ice.
This is the classic example of Democrats just not getting it for fear they might ruffle a few feathers. Oh and Vladimir Putins objection. He has sided with the Muslim countries of the middle east as his country continues it slide toward being absorbed by Muslim immigrants.
Democatic domestic policy consists of:
1.) Put index finger in mouth
2.) Get index finger fully lubricated
3.) Hold index finger fully unobstructed above head.
4.) Fine tune senses in order to feel the barometric pressure upon the various sides of the finger.
5.) Issue press confernce.
Democratic Foreign Policy:
See Above.
Yes, lets make both our country and Europe a hostage of Iran and Pakistan.
Lets also ban body armor, gas masks and anti-biotics.
There is little use in raging about this.
It’s really for the the EU to decide.
The US has got to learn to live with the new realities of the day. It can’t intrude itself into every corner of the globe without acquiescence, wheter that’s a good thing or a bad thing,
The price of intrusion in Iraq is a big ‘Us Not Welcome’ sign in more places than not.
We’ve been taken doen a peg, and we might just as well get used it.
Should conditions change, we can discuss our options again.
MidAm,
No one is proposing restrictions on body armor for OUR soldiers.
No one is prosing restricitons on mssile systems to defend OUR territory.
Our territory does not encompass the globe, however, and neither does our right to act unilaterally.
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