President Obama's decision to cancel plans for U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic is a knife in the back for those countries. The implications for U.S. security and the transatlantic relationship are profound. Critics rightly note that the sudden announcement Thursday sends a dangerous message to allies, both in Europe and elsewhere, who rely on U.S. security guarantees.
Events may prove otherwise, but dropping the missile shield plans looks like a colossal blunder to me. It increase the chances Israel will have to bomb Iran.
A Dolchstoss to be sure, though not yet on a par with the two betrayals of Vietnam, those being the lesser Dolchstoss at the time of the Assassination of Jean Baptiste Diem, and the greater of the foreswearing of the Treaty of Paris.
Posted by: Lou Gots | September 20, 2009 at 09:58 AM