missile-defense
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Obama Offered Deal to Russia in Secret Letter
WASHINGTON — President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American officials said Monday.
The letter to President Dmitri A. Medvedev was hand-delivered in Moscow by top administration officials three weeks ago. It said the United States would not need to proceed with the interceptor system, which has been vehemently opposed by Russia since it was proposed by the Bush administration, if Iran halted any efforts to build nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles.
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"if Iran halted any efforts to build nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles."
so! Does this mean that:
- He's acknowledging that Iran has efforts to build nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles
- He's saying Russia has control over the situation and can stop Iran's effort
- He's willing to throw Europe under the bus
That's what it implies...
Obama Offered Deal to Russia in Secret Letter - NYTimes.com
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Obama, Polish president at odds on call
Disagree over support for U.S. missile-defense plan
CHICAGO | President-elect Barack Obama's private conversation with Poland's president created an international disagreement Saturday, with President Lech Kaczynski saying Mr. Obama promised to continue a missile-defense system and the transition office saying the Democrat made no such commitment.
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Do you believe Barack?
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Obama senior foreign policy adviser Denis McDonough released a statement once the news came from Poland.
"President-elect had a good conversation with the Polish president and the Polish prime minister about the important U.S.-Poland alliance," Mr. McDonough said. "President Kaczynski raised missile defense but President-elect Obama made no commitment on it. His position is as it was throughout the campaign — that he supports deploying a missile-defense system when the technology is proved to be workable."
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Uh... when the technology is "proved to be workable?" I'm sure Iran loves to hear that.
Washington Times - Obama, Polish president at odds on call
Obama, please... can we have some grown-ups in charge now? 
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Last edited by oldhardhead; 03-03-2009 at 11:31 AM.
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