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US General: US wants missile base in Poland by 2012
Oct 29, 2008, 15:51 GMT
Warsaw - General Henry Obering said the United States wants an anti-missile base in Poland by 2012, and would ratify the deal even this year, Polish local media reported on Wednesday.
Obering, who is director of the US Missile Defence Agency, was visiting northern Poland on Wednesday to tour the future site of the missile base and meet with local officials. He said the 400-million dollar investment would boost the region's economy.
Polish vice-minister of Defence Stanislaw Jerzy Komorowski said that Poland also wants a quick ratification of the deal, reported the Polish Press Agency, but had doubts it could be done by the end of 2008.
Poland and the US signed a deal in August to set up a missile defence base on Polish soil, part of a planned US system in eastern Europe that has inflamed tension with Russia.
After more than a year of tough bargaining, Poland formally agreed to host 10 US missile interceptors in return for a pledge of US military aid, including Patriot air defence missiles.
Russia has opposed the plan, saying the shield targets Moscow's strategic nuclear arsenal.
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Present President of Poland and his administration are very evil and corrupt they put their country and thier own people in hell. Russia will nuke Poland if they host the US missile defense in Poland. US Missile defense in Poland is very provocative and destructive idea and it will only bring nuclear war or World War 3 the destruction of Europe and USA and many nations in the whole world.
another country bought by the usa
better to kill polish people over us people.
I will pull the plug on the Bush missile defense fiasco.
I will also pull the US out of NATO. We have caused enough
harm to Europe over the past 60 years. Recall the advice
of George Washington: avoid entangling alliances, and
Thomas Jefferson: trade will all, ally with none. The
Europeans don't like the USA anyway. It would be best
to acknowledge the fact that the NATO alliance is no longer
in the best interest of Europe or the USA.
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lanceOct 29th, 2008 - 16:01:13
Good.
More jesus bombs to bring justice to those that do not believe.
Obviously these blessed jesus bombs will dispense justice without a trial. Anyone that doubts that is a non-believer.
If only those that receive the bombs would follow the leader then there would be no reason to mass kill them.
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