Barack Obama has made no commitment that a missile defense shield in eastern Europe will go ahead, an advisor to the president-elect said Saturday, in apparent contradiction of statements by Poland.
Earlier, a statement from Polish President Lech Kaczynski after the two men spoke by telephone said Obama had said he would go ahead with plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe despite threats from Russia.But Obama had given no such clear cut undertaking on the controversial program, his senior foreign policy advisor Denis McDonough said in a statement.
(The) "president-elect had a good conversation with the Polish President and the Polish Prime Minister about the important US-Poland alliance," McDonough said in a statement.
"President Kaczynski raised missile defense but President-elect Obama made no commitment on it.
"His position is as it was throughout the campaign, that he supports deploying a missile defense system when the technology is proved to be workable."
The statement by President Kaczynski appeared to put a different spin on the conversation between the two men.
"Barack Obama has underlined the importance of the strategic partnership between Poland and the United States, he expressed his hope of continuing the political and military cooperation between our two countries," the statement read.
"He also said the anti-missile shield project would go ahead," said a statement said.
This is not about symbols, or sending messages. These are items for the direct defense of NATO allies, and MISSILE DEFENSE WORKS
Mr. Obama will immediately end a LOT of bypartisan cooperation.
There will be parties the same day in the Kremlin, Beijing, Teheran, Qom and Beirut.
There will be NO retrieval from this error, and it will be right at the start.
First Biden test.....coming right up.
First galactic failure?
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President Kaczynski raised missile defense but President-elect Obama made no commitment on it.
BUT He also said the anti-missile shield project would go ahead...
So, ehem.... can he be a little more specific? Because isn't that contradictory?
Looks like Medvedev wants:
a) to prove if Obama is tough on the missiles' issue.
b) to divide Europe between the old and the new one.
Many Eastern European countries have become increasingly alarmed over what they consider Russia's aggressive attempts to re-create a sphere of influence over satellite states of the former Soviet Union. Such concerns soared after Russia sent troops into Georgia in August, sparking a brief war.
(...)In contrast, Germany, France and other countries in Western Europe play down any security risks posed by Moscow and instead see Russia foremost as a lucrative -- if unpredictable -- trading partner. These countries, which former defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld once derided as "Old Europe," generally consider the U.S. missile defense project to be an unnecessary irritant."
We've being deceived by our own government with a leader - head of the State Mr. Kaczynski being the key deceiver. Please, Mr President get off telling lies, just because you're a devoted fan of the MD system. We're fed up with your insult lawsuits and yes, Marijuana is made from hemp.
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