“Joe Biden’s visit to Poland – reconciliation gesture”
Published: 22 October, 2009, 02:34
Edited: 27 December, 2009, 17:28
TAGS: Arms, Politics, Europe, USA
What Poland really wants from the US is not its missiles, but rather a more secure alliance with a guarantee that it will be defended in case of a possible attack, said Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute.
He went on to add that Joe Biden’s visit to Poland, and the US proposal on a new missile defense plan, is just a way to reconcile with the Poles after scrapping the old AMD plan.
”I don’t think that they [US] need Poles for the new missile defense because the primary missiles are standard missiles which are normally put on ships in the North Sea and the Mediterranean,” Eland said.
He went on to add that the flood of US officials that Poland and Czech Republic is currently seeing is the way for America to say that they are still committed to their allies.
On Wednesday, US Vice President Joe Biden secured Poland's approval for a new US anti-missile system on the first leg of his east European tour.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk welcomed Washington's proposals as a step away from previous plans.
"I want to stress that Poland views the new configuration for the missile shield as very interesting, necessary, and we are ready at the appropriate scale to participate," Tusk said at a news conference with Biden.
Under the new plan, the US would place SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles at a former air base in the town of Redzikowo in northern Poland.
The Bush-era AMD plans would have put 10 missile interceptors in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic, all to counter missiles launched from so-called "rogue states"
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After 22 years living in the US,I would like to give some advice to Polish people: Stay away from stupid Biden politics.This man is biggest mistake of Obama administration next to Hilary Klinton.There is wide opinion in US,among majority of population that they have to listen to their foreign policy "EXPERTS".Experts like Kisinger,Bzezinski,Biden,Waren,Clinton....etc. So lets see the record of these experts.... United States..."Land of the Free" bacame the "Most Hated Country in The World". 4 Million dead in Vietnam,hudreds of thousands in the Middle East,hundreds of thousands around the world due to economic sanctions and BIG Bully politics.Ordinary Americans are not in control.Ordinary GOOD Man, Obama is not fully in control. These shamefull rulers of the evil killing machine called US Foreign policy are still in charge. Russia offered hand to them again and again and look what they are doing.No Slavic Nation should ever hope for anything good and fair from the US or any germanic nation.For centuries they had been working on destroying all the Slavs.The best thing is that they can't tuch Russia,real protector of all Slavic people.Polish people should wake up and make union with Russia.Forget,forgive each other and we will be unbeatable. As a Serb I am very proud to know who I am, and why I love Russia.I also have many friends - Americans who are great people and who agree with me and are against crazy foreign policy of the US Goverment.My advice to Polish and Czech BROTHERS....Don't make pact with Satan !!! Look East to Mother Russia and You will find You Soul !!! My advice to Obama: use the Crost and save America.Make Russia Your best friend by being just,fair and honest as You are.Let Slavic people live free. Get rid of scum in Your administration.Make America great again.Trust Putin and Medvedev.You are all young leaders and You can make this World much better place. Do different and Russia will destroy you in one night....as prophecy says. Ivan