The establishment of an antimissile base in Eastern Europe would have enormous political implications. The deployment of interceptors in Poland, for example, would create the first permanent American military presence on that nation's soil and further solidify the close ties between the defense establishments of the two nations.
While the plan has been described in Congressional testimony and in published reports, it has received relatively little attention in the United States. But it is a subject of lively discussion in Poland and has also prompted Russian charges that Washington's hidden agenda is to expand the American presence in the former Warsaw Pact nation.
Gen. Yuri N. Baluyevsky, the chief of the Russian military's general staff, has sought to stir up Polish opposition to the plan.
Just what part of "former Warsaw Pact nation" is unclear to Russia? Do they not realize that Poland is a NATO country now? Isn't that a pretty solidified relationship, by definition? Just how hidden can our agenda for Poland be? They are our ally and friend!
They are a free and independent nation that does not need to get permission from Moscow to see other countries. Poland might want to change their phone number and take out a personal protection order against Putin the way the Russkis are acting. Get over it, Moscow. You've been dumped.
