Friday, August 22, 2008

Of course that Polish missile shield isn't for Russian missiles

Missile Defense Agreement Unrelated to Russia, Rice Says
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart agreed to place 10 missile defense interceptors in Poland to defend against threats from Iran and North Korea, not to weaken Russia, the secretary said.

“This is an agreement that, of course, will establish a missile defense site here in Poland, a missile defense site that will help us to deal with the new threat to the 21st century of long-range missile threats from countries like Iran or from North Korea,” Rice said yesterday at the Polish presidential palace in Warsaw.
Come now, I'm no policy expert (nor do I play one on TV....anymore) but isn't there a level at which your bullshit becomes so obvious and so utterly wrong that it's really just better if you didn't say anything at all? Iran and North Korea? Maybe if Iran strapped two rockets together and one turned on after the other ran out of fuel. North Korea probably couldn't hit five miles into South Korea with any accuracy. But Poland is in imminent danger from them and needs a missile shield.

If you want something more credible, why not blame German threats? Poland needs to protect itself from the Krauts, who always get belligerent at this point in a century. Luxembourg: in a desperate attempt to grab for more land. Sweden: the Vikings are back and it's pillaging time.

Or why don't you point out the blindingly obvious fact that its entirely about Russia. They know it, the Poles know it, we know it, that guy with the sandwich board on the street corner (Sasquatch is real!) knows it. It's to protect from Russian missiles. They're the only ones who could or would. Now bully for you, Condi, for convincing Poland that a missile defense shield will work. It won't, but you convinced them. Pip pip and cheerio. Boy, is that revelation going to be awkward in Krakow HQ when the Cossack nukes start flying. But can we at least have more creative lies about who would actually attack Poland? North Korea and Iran are so 2003.

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