Remember Obama's speech in Prague? Here is what he said to Eastern Europeans:
So let me be clear: Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran's neighbors and our allies. The Czech Republic and Poland have been courageous in agreeing to host a defense against these missiles. As long as the threat from Iran persists, we will go forward with a missile defense system that is cost-effective and proven.
All statements from Barack Obama come with an expiration date. We are sure you have read this headline already:
Poles, Czechs: US missile defense shift a betrayal
We think someone has to yell, "YOU LIED"
UPDATE: Randy Scheunemann on Obama’s retreat on missile defense: “Unilateral preemptive concession in the hope that your negotiating partners will follow suit? Anyone who believes that will work with Russia hasn’t looked at 70 years of Soviet history and 200 years of Russian history.”
UPDATE II: WSJ reports, “President Obama promised he would win America friends where, under George W. Bush, it had antagonists. The reality is that the U.S. is working hard to create antagonists where it previously had friends. That’s one conclusion to draw from President Obama’s decision yesterday to scrap a missile-defense agreement the Bush Administration negotiated with Poland and the Czech Republic.
