..... Kremlin keeps sending out
spokesmen of the "quality" of
the s*** quoted in this article.
This must be part of the Kremlin's
project to "improve Russia's image"!
Har, har hoooo
Best - - Henry
For educational purposes only:
From: Euobserver.com
Russia angry at Poland's preliminary OK to
US missile ****eld
By Renata Goldirova
04.02.2008 - 09:25 CET
Reviving World War II rhetoric, Russia has warned Poland
against hosting a US missile defence ****eld after Warsaw last
week agreed "in principle" to host parts of the system on its
territory.
"The Polish colleagues must be reminded of their recent history,
which indicates that attempts to place Poland 'on the confrontation
line' have always led to tragedies. That way, Poland lost nearly
one third of its citizens during World War II," Russia's envoy
to NATO Dmitry Rogozin told Russian news agency Interfax
on Sunday (3 February).
He added: "I was sure this horrible lesson would not be wasted
and Poland would plan its foreign policy relying on friendly
relations all along the borderline."
Mr Rogozin's tough-worded comments come shortly after Polish
foreign minister Radek Sikorski indicated last Friday (1 February)
that Warsaw was warming up to the idea of hosting US
interceptor missiles on its soil.
"We are not at the end of the road as regards negotiations,"
Mr Sikorski said during his visit to Wa****ngton, adding: "We
are in the middle of the road. We have an agreement in principle."
Comments from US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice suggest
that the US has agreed to strengthen Poland's own defences,
meaning an extensive overhaul of its air defences - something
that has been a key demand put forward by the current Polish
administration.
"We understand that there is a desire for defence modernisation
in Poland and particularly for air- defence modernization," said
Ms Rice, adding: "this is something that we sup****t because it will
make our ally, Poland, more capable".
The Bush administration wants to deploy ten interceptor missiles
on Polish territory and a radar base in the Czech Republic, claiming
such a military base would defend the two continents, America and
Europe, from "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea.
The military base is expected to be fully operational by 2013.
But the Kremlin, which dominated the Central Europe until 1989,
has long been suspicious of the US missile defence plans for the
region. It believes the military system is to be directed against
Russia.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has already responded by
freezing his country's commitments under the 1990 Conventional
Forces in Europe (CEF) treaty, which sets limits on the number of
conventional weapons and military deployments across the continent.
According to Mr Rogozin, Poland failed to fulfil its previous
promise "to tackle the issue in dialogue with Wa****ngton, Brussels
and Moscow". "It is obvious now, that the dialogue with
Moscow has ended having not even started, generally speaking," he
told Interfax.
Later this week (8 February), Donald Tusk will make his first visit
to Moscow. In March, he is to visit the White House. The missile
defence ****eld issue is to dominate both high-level meetings.
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