@NahnCee:
Like … this is the big threat? That it will “worsen relations” with Russia if America does this? Isn’t that like a little kid stamping it’s feet and saying, “I hate you I hate you I hate you?”

Yes, exactly. Kinda makes ya wonder, right? Russia is ever so slightly too far off balance here, which makes me, for one, nervous as h**l.

@Annoy Mouse:
The sticking point was that Poland wanted the Patriots to defend themselves against [guess who] and we didn’t want to give them Patriots, just the big thingamajig.

So, Poland got the price she demanded. We [USA] are the ones that caved on that deal. We anteed [sp?] up because the Russkies are now acting Molto-Bizzarro, so it no longer makes sense to avoid provoking them. Not that we weren’t, perhaps, waiting for just this opportunity.

Bush v Vladchik… which one is the Warmonger now?