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...crisis in Georgia - which, like Poland, is an ex-communist country turned U.S. ally - prompted the government to cut protracted negotiations short and ink the deal. "I believe that the events in Georgia caused the government finally to understand that black is black and white is white," Kaczynski told Polish television...
...Moscow thought the threat of nuclear retaliation would cow Poland into rejecting a controversial U.S. missile shield, it learned otherwise over the weekend, as the Polish press and public rallied around a government decision to endorse the deployment...
...Russian protests appear to have reinforced the Polish media's support for the agreement. "We have made another important step to increase Poland's security," the daily Rzeczpospolita said in an editorial. "And it is the Russians who convince us how important it is. As our sad experience teaches us, the louder they protest against something we want to do, the more certain it is that it lies in our best interest...
...editorial titled "Good Shield for Bad Times" another Polish daily, Gazeta Wyborcza, said the deal told the Russians that "you may fulfill your dream about hegemony in Caucasus, but you'd better bid farewell to another dream about having Central Europe hanging in a strategic vacuum. We cannot effectively stop you in Georgia, but Central Europe has been and will be a part of the West...
...Amid fears about the potential risks of hosting the silos, Poland persistently pressed the U.S. to boost Polish air defenses with cash and equipment supplies, such as long-range Patriot batteries. In announcing the deal, Prime Minister Tusk explained that Washington had accepted Warsaw's "key demand, the presence of Patriots...