Draw a Line
We are putting a missile “defense” system in Poland to protect against “rogue states” like Iran.
Draw a line from Iran to Poland and then keep running the line, it goes somewhere between Canada and Greenland, then left of the North Pole. If Iran has an ICBM that can hit the US, or we fear that it can develop one, the place to put defensive missiles is North Africa or Spain.
Along the Poland line is part of Europe. If we are protecting Europe with this system, why not put it in Germany, France, Britain, etc.?
Or cut the missiles off at the get go, put it in Israel or Iraq.
Oh, the line from Russia to the US runs right through Poland. We still have ballistic submarines and probably some other stuff no one talks about. Just why do we need missiles (Defensive!) in Poland?
Russia is getting a little crazy. We are adding to its paranoia.
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This kind of thing is why it matters who is president. I hope that the next person has a more deliberate and analytical approach to US strategy around the world.
Well, Russia was a mess after the collapse of the USSR, and the USA got stronger and stronger.
Then, the tables started to turn. Russia has lots of oil and has been making a fortune selling it. They are now much stronger economically and ready to start flexing muscle again.
Meanwhile, the USA has been working on the greatest transfer of wealth in history - our wealth for other people's oil. We are now much weaker than we were, all things considered.
Perhaps we are trying to get the cold war re-started in order to divert our own people's attention away from our stupidity - our fighting a costly and useless war in Iraq, and our failing to get our own energy consumption and production under control.
But Bush and Cheney would never attempt a diversion, would they?
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