Managing Missile Defense's Demise - by Jan Jires
The U.S. missile defense project has always been a divisive issue both at home and abroad. Domestic critics of the project, which the Bush administration vigorously promoted, have questioned the technical feasibility of the proposed system as well as its cost-effectiveness. Of course, it is still possible that the "secret letter scoop" is a part of some clever scheme developed by the administration to push the Russians into a corner by demonstrating that they are unwilling to cooperate (or unable to deliver) on Iran - even when the USA is ready to make substantial concessions. Perhaps the Central European allies were informed in advance about the plan and assured they were not going to be thrown overboard. If this is the case, hats off to the administration.
Note EU-Digest: If the letter was written it certainly shows savy on the part of the Obama Administration.
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