If this is true, it's great news. Sanity has at last prevailed. The so-called missile shield was never about Iran or "defense," it was about reducing Russia's first-strike capability, thereby threatening the principle of MAD, thereby initiating a new arms race and destabilizing Russia-US relations, thereby making the world a much more dangerous place. It was sure to be a multi-billion dollar boondoggle to boot.
The idea was a dangerous relic of U.S. neoconservatives' mad dream to guide the rest of the world by force of arms; hopefully it will be retired to the dust bin of history, along with the disgraced neocons themselves.
Although U.S. Vice-President Biden would not confirm yet that the missile shield was being shelved, he did tell CNN the following: "I am less concerned - much less concerned - about the Iranian potential. They have no potential at this moment, they have no capacity to launch a missile at the United States of America," he said.
Wow, after years of Dubya's lies, finally the truth!
U.S. to Shelve Nuclear-Missile Shield in Europe
Defense plans for Poland, Czech Republic to be dropped as Iran rocket threat downgraded; Moscow likely to welcome move
September 17, 2009 | Wall Street Journal / Associated Press, FOXNews.com
URL: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/17/shelve-nuclear-missile-shield-europe/
