To Obama: Don't Say I Never Gave You Anything

This week, Obama decided against installing a missle control shield in Poland and the Czech Republic? This breaks the previous administration's promise and angers our allies in Eastern Europe.

I applaud the move.

What vital interest does the US have in Poland or the Czech Republic? Why are both even in NATO? NATO is a defensive alliance pact. An attack on one is an attack on all. Of course, except if the attack is on the US. When Afghanistan's Taliban attacked the US on 9/11 in the worst attack on the homeland in our history, much of NATO balked or sent a paltry number of "non-combat" troops.

Even if Poland and the Czech Republic mobilized much of their army to support us in a future conflict, is it a worth the risk of having to mobilize our army to defend Krakow or Prague?

Charles De Galle doubted that America could be trusted to act as France's nuclear deterrent against Russia when he said he could not imagine the US bombing Moscow in retalliation for a possible bombing of Paris since America knew that Russia would bomb Washington in return. Essentially, would America trade Washington for Paris? De Galle decided we would not and created his own nuclear deterrant.

Are we now telling ourselves we would trade Washington for two capitals most Americans could not find on a map?

Russia does present a danger but moreso in Georgia and the Ukraine if they decide to seize oil lines. A missile shield in Poland would not defend against this possibility and might even spur Russia's aggression under the auspices of grabbing what they can while they can.

Russia is not the old Soviet Union and Obama is no Reagan. Reagan developed SDI to break the Soviets but the Soviet Union still lies in pieces. Russia has become the old sick man of Europe with it's dwindling population, rising AIDS rates, pathetic life expectancy and low birth rates

So, good work Obama. Even a clock that has stopped is right twice a day.