Is European missile defense back on?
The Obama administration reached a new agreement Wednesday with top Polish government officials to place a new generation of missile interceptors on Polish soil, a surprising turnabout from just a few weeks earlier when it appeared the United States was ready to abandon its missile defense program in Eastern Europe.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk emerged from a lengthy private discussion to announce that Poland’s participation in the missile defense system was, essentially, back on — though in a new format that involves delivering a smaller number of defensive weapons in 2018. . .
The hastily arranged vice presidential trip, which also will include stops in Romania and the Czech Republic this week, was intended to soothe relations and reassure the fledgling NATO members that the missile program was not being scrapped, and that the evolving policy should not be viewed as a snub or a weakening of U.S. security commitments to states in the region.
Obviously I’m glad if this actually happens, but what the heck are these jokers doing?
I can think of two explanations: (1) cancelling missile defense was part of a quid pro quo that Russia has now reneged on, or (2) these guys haven’t the foggiest idea what they’re doing. Theory 1 doesn’t make me happy (one should know better than to make quid pro quos with the Russians), but it’s still better than theory 2, which I fear is much more likely.
(Via Hot Air.)
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