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...suggest that Russia’s Iskander missiles are currently all deployed on the Georgian border and that the production and installation of missiles in Kaliningrad would take considerable time. Medvedev’s declaration can only be understood as a symbolic challenge to Barack Obama. Polish President Lech Kaczynski didn’t make things any easier when he claimed last week that Obama hoped the shield project would continue and forced him to issue a non-committal denial...
...Obama returned the congratulatory call of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and discussed the U.S.-Polish alliance. After the call, Kaczynski released a statement claiming that Obama had promised "that the [U.S.] missile-defense project would continue...
...That presented the Obama team with a second dilemma. Poland is an important ally, with more than 1,000 troops in Afghanistan. On the other hand, Kaczynski broke protocol by releasing details of the private call. What's more, aides say, he mischaracterized what Obama had said...
...ambiguous position from the campaign. "[Obama] supports deploying a missile-defense system when the technology is proved to be workable," McDonough said. In an apparent attempt to soften Poland's embarrassment at being publicly contradicted, Obama had Vice President-elect Joe Biden quietly follow up with a call to Kaczynski on Monday, aides...
...Russian attack without needing outside assistance. The U.S. still claims that this missile deal is no threat to Russia, but Russia was clearly on the minds of Polish officials when they signed the deal after Russian troops entered Georgia last month. At the time, Polish president Lech Kaczynski stated, “[Russia is after] Georgia today, Ukraine tomorrow, and Poland may be next.” Whatever American intentions may be, Poland views this deal as an extra assurance, beyond its membership in NATO, against Russian aggression. With a prospective recipient of U.S. arms taking such a stance...