Russia: We want in on the development of YOUR missile shield

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, News.

Yeah… right, get a load of this!  Let’s review here.  Russia threatened Western Europe for forty years, or more.  Russia has been playing obstructionist in our dealings with Iran and other middle east issues.  Russia has conducted massive war games with China (personally I think this was clearly a message to us here in the United States).  Russia has been slowly reverting to its old style tactics of intimidation in dealing with criticism.  Of course we should make them a party to our missile defense system.  They’ve completely illustrated a desire to be a partner with us. 

Are these people mad?  Does Russia actually have the gall to set itself upon the world stage and cry foul over this?

  A senior Russian lawmaker called Saturday for Russia to be included in US plans to build a missile defence system in Europe, warning Moscow will otherwise view the antimissile shield as a threat.

“Russia has every reason to be interested in close cooperation in creating Eurasian missile-defense systems,” Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the State Duma, wrote in an opinion piece in the International Herald Tribune.

“And any attempt to build them without Russia (which is not only an interested party but also geographically and technically the most suitable place for an effective antimissile defense) automatically means they are being built against Russia,” wrote the lawmaker.

Why would we not court the free nations of the old Soviet Union and involve them in our little venture?  Many of them (the more progressive of the lot) have shown a real desire to be a part of Europe and NATO.  Russia is simply a spoiled child, angered that we actually have the nerve to give them a little bit of what they love to dish out. 

Mr. Kosachev, middle eastern nations are developing longer range missiles that could be used against Europe.  Whether you deem it to be a plausible threat or not is irrelevant.  Our security and that or our allies is not a matter for Russia to decide.  If your nation has the technological means to host antimissile batteries then by all means your nation should deploy them. 

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