From Reuters:
WARSAW, May 18 (Reuters) - Poland expects a U.S. Patriot battery to be deployed on its soil in 2009 regardless of whether President Barack Obama opts to press ahead with missile defence plans in Europe, a senior defence official said on Monday.
NATO member Poland agreed last year to host 10 interceptors as part of a planned U.S. missile defence shield which is strongly opposed by Russia. In return, Washington pledged to help update Poland's air defences with, among others, a Patriot battery.
"We expect the Patriot battery to be deployed on Polish soil by the end of 2009, as initially agreed with the Americans. This is important for Polish public opinion," Deputy Defence Minister Stanislaw Komorowski told Reuters.
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My Comment: The Poles seem to be trusting of the U.S. They believe that the U.S. will fulfill their promises and contractual arrangements.
I am not so optimistic.
The present U.S. Administration has made accommodating the Russians a matter of high urgency and importance. If the Russians demand the withdrawal of U.S. anti-missile defense equipment and Patriot batteries from Poland .... I would not be surprised to see the Americans do just that.
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