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…by cancelling the missile defense in Eastern Europe.

Danger Room What’s Next in National Security Dear Poland, Happy Soviet Invasion Day. Love, Uncle Sam
Wired
President Barack Obama has made it official: The previous administration’s plans to station missile defense assets in Eastern Europe are going out the window. In a statement issued this morning, the president said that plans to emplace ground-based interceptors in Poland and an X-band radar in the Czech Republic would be dropped in favor of a “phased approach” that will focus on deployment of theater missile defenses.

Remember the Tour de Farce when thousands of screaming Europeans fell at the feet of Barack Obama?  Remember how he was supposed to make the world love us more?

It’s 3:00 a.m. and the White House phone is dialing…

Polish PM wouldn’t take U.S. calls
Politico
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed today that he declined last night to take a call from the U.S. informing him of the decision to scrap planned missile-defense bases in his country…Two U.S.-based sources close to the Polish government said Thursday that Tusk also rejected a call from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…

Dismay in Europe as Obama ditches missile defence
The London Times
President Obama dismayed America’s allies in Europe and angered his political opponents at home today when he formally ditched plans to set up a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.

In a totally “not related” (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) Iran may now have the capability to assemble a nuclear bomb.

AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb
Associated Press via Google
VIENNA — Experts at the world’s top atomic watchdog are in agreement that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and is on the way to developing a missile system able to carry an atomic warhead, according to a secret report seen by The Associated Press.

Feel safer yet?

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