Nuclear Chicken in Poland
Putin Can’t Afford to Back Down
By Mike Whitney
“Don’t blame the mirror if your face is crooked.” Vladimir Putin quoting Russian proverb
24/08/08 “ICH” — – If the Bush administration proceeds with its plan to deploy its Missile Defense System in Poland, Russian Prime Minister Putin will be forced to remove it militarily. He has no other option. The proposed system integrates the the entire US nuclear arsenal into one operational-unit a mere 115 miles from the Russian border. It’s no different than Khrushchev’s plan to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba in the 1960s. Read the rest of this entry »