Talk politics.

"Betrayal! The U.S. sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back," the Polish tabloid Fakt declared on its front page.

An editorial in Hospodarske Novine, a respected pro-business Czech newspaper, said: "an ally we rely on has betrayed us, and exchanged us for its own, better relations with Russia, of which we are rightly afraid."

From the National Review:
"In a remarkable feat of doublespeak, Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates have tried to portray the move as an embrace of missile defense that will enhance our security. Rather than focusing on long-range threats from Iran, they say, the United States now will concentrate on short-range threats."

from FOXNEWS:
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"President Obama not only threw an ally overboard, he got snookered by the Russians, and just moved us closer to a world where the mad mullahs have the bomb."

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What is wrong with this picture (aside from the fact that the Cold War is over)?

1. The missile-defense shield is a fantasy to begin with.
2. No missiles exist that are capable of hitting long-range ballistic missiles.
3. If they did exist, it wouldn't protect European countries from Russia, because Russia wouldn't use long-range missiles to attack; they would use short and medium range missiles.
4. Prototypes tested still can't tell real missiles from decoys, or kill missiles that change course in mid-flight, as the sophisticated ones can.
5. Instead of bogus Polish interceptors, Obama is going to fund smaller missile-defense systems designed to knock out rockets during the boost, or takeoff phase, when the rocket is slower, hotter, and easier to hit.
6. Like the 'birther' BS, criticism of Obama over this is also nonsense.