Free Press
07-04-2008, 06:01 PM
Lesson learned, Poles get tough over US missiles
By VANESSA GERA – 1 day ago
.......Today, Polish politicians feel burned by the Bush administration, largely because Warsaw's staunch military support for the U.S. war in Iraq failed to win substantial contracts for Polish companies in Iraq's reconstruction, as many here had expected.
As a result, Warsaw has decided that if it is going to link its fate to another major American military project, it's going to get what it wants beforehand — and in writing.
"Poland took an idealistic approach when it decided to support the U.S. in Iraq," Wagrowska said. "Now there is a much more reasonable, commercial approach because of the disappointment that we didn't earn anything in Iraq."
As part of a missile defense deal, Poland has asked for billions of dollars worth of military investment from the U.S. to upgrade its air defenses, including Patriot ground-to-air missiles. What Poland will get is not known.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iikN80AfzdsEw0Ck4_2K6jjEEG2wD91MHIOG2
One interesting propaganda point in the AP article above. Vanessa Gera writes:
Russia has threatened to attack both sites with missiles of its own, leading Warsaw to use that danger as the basis to demand a massive infusion of U.S. military aid.
Russia has threatened no such thing. It has said only that it will target its missiles on on any interceptor site in Poland.
That's typical AP, a totally untrustworthy news organisation. I hate linking to them, but they provide such an excellent window on US propaganda.
Polish PM Terms Unsatisfactory Latest US Offer on Missile Shield
By VOA News
04 July 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-04-voa52.cfm
Poland rejects U.S. missile shield offer
Fri Jul 4, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/shield_poland_usa_dc
By VANESSA GERA – 1 day ago
.......Today, Polish politicians feel burned by the Bush administration, largely because Warsaw's staunch military support for the U.S. war in Iraq failed to win substantial contracts for Polish companies in Iraq's reconstruction, as many here had expected.
As a result, Warsaw has decided that if it is going to link its fate to another major American military project, it's going to get what it wants beforehand — and in writing.
"Poland took an idealistic approach when it decided to support the U.S. in Iraq," Wagrowska said. "Now there is a much more reasonable, commercial approach because of the disappointment that we didn't earn anything in Iraq."
As part of a missile defense deal, Poland has asked for billions of dollars worth of military investment from the U.S. to upgrade its air defenses, including Patriot ground-to-air missiles. What Poland will get is not known.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iikN80AfzdsEw0Ck4_2K6jjEEG2wD91MHIOG2
One interesting propaganda point in the AP article above. Vanessa Gera writes:
Russia has threatened to attack both sites with missiles of its own, leading Warsaw to use that danger as the basis to demand a massive infusion of U.S. military aid.
Russia has threatened no such thing. It has said only that it will target its missiles on on any interceptor site in Poland.
That's typical AP, a totally untrustworthy news organisation. I hate linking to them, but they provide such an excellent window on US propaganda.
Polish PM Terms Unsatisfactory Latest US Offer on Missile Shield
By VOA News
04 July 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-04-voa52.cfm
Poland rejects U.S. missile shield offer
Fri Jul 4, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/shield_poland_usa_dc