From the good people at HotAir.com.
Did no one at the White House think to look at a calendar to check to see whether their betrayal of Poland and the staunch support it gave the missile defense system just to suck up to Russia might have been better delivered on another day — in fact, any other day?
But it made for unfortunate timing, as Thursday is the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, a date fraught with sensitivity for Poles who viewed the Bush missile defense system as a political security blanket against Russia. Poland, along with many other countries in the former Soviet sphere, worry that Mr. Obama is less willing to stand up to Russia.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Agreed timing was bad. However, I am inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to Gates on this one.
September 19th, 2009 at 2:27 am
I am not so sure. Gates' job is to obey the CINC, especially on political decisions. The betrayal of the Poles without any concomitant concession from the Russians, makes me think that this is nothing more than another reflexively anti-Bush action.
This one makes absolutely no sense.