Especially when they come from different countries?Former Ambassador Martin Indyk revealed an interesting wrinkle to the story of Eastern European missile defense system, which the Obama administration canceled last month, a move conservatives have heavily criticized as — what else? — appeasement.Recounting recent meetings with...
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Mike Goldfarb and I have fun re: missile defense. Here Mike insists that Obama will pay a price for killing the Eastern European system, and I disagree:
Here's a magic trick in the making! A key element of the conservative case against Obama on missile defense is that cutting the program will undercut our allies, and that.
I have some more missile defense thoughts at Guardian: Comment is Free. See also Bryan McGrath on what this means for sea-based missile defense.
I do love this bit, from Michael Goldfarb:The consequences of this action in Eastern Europe, especially in Ukraine and in other countries that feel vulnerable to Russian power, will be.
No Eastern European missile defense shield: The Obama administration is expected to announce Thursday that it will shelve plans to deploy its controversial anti-ballistic missile shield in Eastern Europe, a.
So says Defense News, reporting claims in a Polish newspaper:Washington will scrap plans to put anti-missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic and is looking at alternatives including Israel and Turkey, a Polish newspaper reported Aug. 27, citing U.S. officials.The U.S. plan, intended for...
Guardian:Russia has placed an anti-missile defence system close to its border with North Korea, in an apparent sign of growing alarm in Moscow at Pyongyang's nuclear programme.Russia's chief of army.
Jeffrey Lewis gets shrill.
Ed Morrissey:There has always been an air of absurdity about the opposition to missile-defense systems. No one argues that missiles aren’t a threat, but somehow defending ourselves against it is illegitimate unless one stumbles on a complete, perfect defense immediately. That we have never found...
North Korea finally launches. There don't seem to have been any premature shootdowns. See? That wasn't so scary...
MRG forwarded me this piece this morning. I had seen it previously and intended to refrain from comment, but... you know. In general, it's best not to get one's defense.