I think this might be what is referred to as a failure of deterrence

Russia threatens to strike NATO missile defense sites

Russia’s most senior military officer said Thursday that Moscow would preemptively strike and destroy U.S.-ledNATOmissile defense sites in Eastern Europe if talks with Washington about the system continue to stall.

“A decision to use destructive force preemptively will be taken if the situation worsens,” Russian Chief of General StaffNikolai Makarovsaid at an international missile defense conference in Moscow attended by senior U.S. andNATOofficials.

The threat comes as talks about the missile defense system, which the U.S. and its allies insist is aimed at Iranian missiles, appear to have stalled.

“We have not been able to find mutually-acceptable solutions at this point and the situation is practically at a dead end,” Russian Defense MinisterAnatoly Serdyukovsaid.

Ellen Tauscher, the U.S. special envoy for strategic stability and missile defense, insisted the talks about NATO plans for a missile defense system using ground-based interceptor missiles stationed in Poland, Romania and Turkey were not stalemated.

Does everyone now remember that comment Obama made into an open mike about having more flexibility after the election?

I think that that comment provoked this kind of response.

Obama has got to be defeated

And this is over a weapon which can kill no one.

A weapon USELESS unless YOU are attacked.

Useless unless ENEMY MISSILES ARE IN THE AIR ATTACKING YOU

A weapon that the Russians INSIST we do not protect ourselves with.

And they don;t want us to protect ourselves for what reason?