Russia Rejects the Notion of a Joint Missile System in Europe »
Posted By dissent 4 months, 4 weeks ago in NewsResponding to remarks by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, a top Russian diplomat said Thursday that Russia would not collaborate with the United States on missile defense unless Washington scrapped plans to deploy elements of the shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
“We cannot partner in the creation of objects whose goal is to oppose the strategic deterrent forces of the Russian Federation,” said the Foreign Ministry spokesman, Andrei A. Nesterenko. “No one will do something that harms himself.”
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Moscow received the remarks coolly, with Mr. Nesterenko commenting that they “reflect the U.S.’s wishful thinking, rather than the way things actually are.”
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For Russia, any reconfiguration that preserves sites in Poland and the Czech Republic “is just window dressing,” said Dmitri V. Trenin, a political analyst.
There is no way that the Russians will be persuaded that the currently planned operation by the US of a radar in the Czech Republic and a missile base in Poland are targeted at anyone but them. Regardless of what Bush's INTENTIONS were or whatever kind of adaptations Obama might think up its unlikely that the Russians will accept these bases. Just for starters what happens in 4 years's time if Obama is nor re-elected?
If the idea had been put to the Russians at the very beginning they might have accepted but now its too late.
Let me add that by a very large majority the Czech PEOPLE dont want them - above all we don't want to get sucked into another Cold War but there are some serious issues about radiation also and the location is close to Prague.
OTOH the Polish population are, by a significant majority, for having missiles stationed there..
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“I’m not sure everyone in the U.S. understands how much is at stake as far as the Russians are concerned,” said Mr. Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. “The issue for the Russians is, what are the U.S.’s long-term intentions vis-à-vis Russia? And they are looking at missile defense for the answer to that question.” -
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