Poland is just the latest fall guy for an American foreign policy dictated by military

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From The Times
August 16, 2008

A catastrophe in the making

Richard Beeston: Analysis

Donald Tusk, Poland’s Prime Minister, could not have chosen his words better when he told his countrymen: “We have crossed the Rubicon.” He was speaking after the signing of an agreement with America to base ten US interceptor missiles on Polish soil, ostensibly to ( Read more... )

Jul 14 12:57 PM US/Eastern

Russia's military is ready to "neutralise" any threat to its nuclear deterrent from US missile defence sites in Europe, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said Monday, according to Interfax news agency.

"If we see the development of systems that could reduce our deterrent potential, our military will have to take ( Read more... )

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

MOSCOW - Russia will be forced to make a military response if the U.S.-Czech missile defense agreement is ratified, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

The statement came hours after U.S. and Czech officials reached an initial agreement on deploying elements of a missile defense system in the Eastern European country.

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Media report: Rice to sign radar treaties in Prague in early July
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08:49, June 11, 2008

U.S. Secretary of State of Condoleezza Rice has confirmed she will fly to Prague in early July to sign two U.S.- Czech treaties on the installation of a radar base on the Czech soil, the Czech daily Pravo said Tuesday.

"The date of the treaties' signature ( Read more... )