Comments on: Poles Surprise, OK US Missile Defense http://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/08/14/poles-surprise-ok-us-missile-defense/ Online Defense and Acquisition Journal Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:13:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leon Houstonhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/08/14/poles-surprise-ok-us-missile-defense/#comment-1000 Leon Houston Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:11:27 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=635#comment-1000 I do not want to speak Russian or Chinese, so missile defense is the way to go till another technology makes it obsolete, so get on with it already! We missed the boat on MID Course, maybe we can catch up with Aegis or THAAD. Fund it yesterday gentlemen! I do not want to speak Russian or Chinese, so missile defense is the way to go till another technology makes it obsolete, so get on with it already! We missed the boat on MID Course, maybe we can catch up with Aegis or THAAD. Fund it yesterday gentlemen!

]]> By: Wojciech Blicharskihttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/08/14/poles-surprise-ok-us-missile-defense/#comment-958 Wojciech Blicharski Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:23:31 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=635#comment-958 With all the respect i must say that Russia doesn't really care about their citizens. Russian history forged really unique type of citizens- one that may hardly earn anything and starve but be happy if Mother Russia has a strong army. Given that fact one may understand popularity of Wladimir Putin and current (formally) president Miedwiediew. Maybe my opinion is not objective, because i am a Polish citizen, but i if you look at it from this side many things about Russia will become clear.Russia is all about warmongering and it had been like that for about seven hundreds years.Sorry for my english by the way. With all the respect i must say that Russia doesn’t really care about their citizens. Russian history forged really unique type of citizens– one that may hardly earn anything and starve but be happy if Mother Russia has a strong army. Given that fact one may understand popularity of Wladimir Putin and current (formally) president Miedwiediew. Maybe my opinion is not objective, because i am a Polish citizen, but i if you look at it from this side many things about Russia will become clear.

Russia is all about warmongering and it had been like that for about seven hundreds years.

Sorry for my english by the way.

]]> By: Joseph B. Cryerhttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/08/14/poles-surprise-ok-us-missile-defense/#comment-946 Joseph B. Cryer Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:46:27 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=635#comment-946 Well at least something positive has come out of this Georgian situation.The action in Georgia is what gave the Polish Leadership the Political Capital to sign off on this agreement.Even though State Department catches a lot of grief, you have to give Secretary Rice credit for a job well done on this one.What I am observing with Russia’s posturing is that they will (if necessary) use military force to keep the pricing high for there export of natural resources.I personally believe this is very short sighted and counter-productive.Ideally (in my humble opinion) Russia would take the surplus that they have enjoyed recently with higher energy costs and divert those funds into pensions (which they have been doing) for there citizens.But even more importantly invest in there infrastructure (roads, communications, etc) into there more remote regions.This will position Russia so they can more cost effective bring there natural resources to market and they will not have to continue a plan of fear and intimidation.The question is who really cares?AN UNSTABLE RUSSIA IS NOT IN THE UNITED SATES NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS. Well at least something positive has come out of this Georgian situation.

The action in Georgia is what gave the Polish Leadership the Political Capital to sign off on this agreement.

Even though State Department catches a lot of grief, you have to give Secretary Rice credit for a job well done on this one.

What I am observing with Russia’s posturing is that they will (if necessary) use military force to keep the pricing high for there export of natural resources.

I personally believe this is very short sighted and counter-productive.

Ideally (in my humble opinion) Russia would take the surplus that they have enjoyed recently with higher energy costs and divert those funds into pensions (which they have been doing) for there citizens.

But even more importantly invest in there infrastructure (roads, communications, etc) into there more remote regions.

This will position Russia so they can more cost effective bring there natural resources to market and they will not have to continue a plan of fear and intimidation.

The question is who really cares?

AN UNSTABLE RUSSIA IS NOT IN THE UNITED SATES NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS.

]]> By: Colehttp://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/08/14/poles-surprise-ok-us-missile-defense/#comment-917 Cole Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:48:07 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=635#comment-917 This article was pretty interesting in the New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/16poland.html?emThis quote in particular caught my eye:“Poland and the Poles do not want to be in alliances in which assistance comes at some point later — it is no good when assistance comes to dead people,” the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said on Polish television. “Poland wants to be in alliances where assistance comes in the very first hours of — knock on wood — any possible conflict.”I note that the Poles will also get Patriot missiles ontop of the more elaborate missile defense system. This article was pretty interesting in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/16poland.html?em

This quote in particular caught my eye:

“Poland and the Poles do not want to be in alliances in which assistance comes at some point later — it is no good when assistance comes to dead people,” the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, said on Polish television. “Poland wants to be in alliances where assistance comes in the very first hours of — knock on wood — any possible conflict.”

I note that the Poles will also get Patriot missiles ontop of the more elaborate missile defense system.

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