From The San Francisco Chronicle:If the Obama administration intends to give up missile defense in Europe as part of a security deal with Russia, as its behind-the-scenes maneuvering seems to suggest, then Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is driving a hard bargain.
On a trip to Europe and the Middle East that ended Sunday, Clinton spoke positively of the prospect of making Europe-based missile defense an integral part of an overall U.S. defense strategy. Her message was that missile defense has value and Washington won't give it up easily.
The uncertain status of missile defense has much to do with the administration's evolving approach to Iran. Its nuclear program and missile-building efforts are the main reasons usually cited to justify missile defenses in Europe.
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My Comment: I always hate hearing politicians politicize national defense. If the system works, implement it, but do not use it as your political football for the moment. But alas, we all know where this is heading .... an agreement to eliminate missile defense in Europe for help in dealing with the Iranians.
But when all is said and done, I can easily predict that a few years from now we will learn that the Russians did not help us when it came to eliminating Iranian nuclear proliferation.
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