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To: mph who wrote (330323)	10/22/2009 2:08:09 PM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

ROFL! How did he know Fox isn't a news station without watching and at the same time he didn't know the ACORN gets lots of federal money? ;^)

To: mph who wrote (330323)	10/22/2009 2:13:43 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 793958

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To: mph who wrote (330323)	10/22/2009 2:27:05 PM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Here are a couple paragraphs taken from the Biden speech yesterday on the 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall coming down. Biden was the replacement for obama and made the speech in Romania. I pulled out his comments on the missile shield issue. Here they are: One powerful example of how this can work is our partnership on -- our new approach to missile defense. In the 20th century, NATO successfully prepared to defend Allied territory against what was then a very real Soviet challenge on what we all used to call the "central front" that divided Europe. Today, a new major threat is growing that could reach all of our European allies well before it reaches the United States. It comes from ballistic missiles -- short-range and intermediate-range ballistic missiles -- a technology that has spread to many new countries, and less stable countries, since the end of the Cold War. This technology, coupled with the spread of nuclear know-how, poses a great threat to all of us. And we are determined -- we are determined to ensure that our NATO allies have the protection they need when they need it, because that's our solemn obligation under Article 5. Taking into account how the threat has evolved, and how our technology has improved significantly, the United States believes there is a better way to defend against ballistic missiles than the approach we had been pursuing up until several years ago. This phased adaptive approach the United States is proposing, it has adapted its design to meet the growing threat to Europe, with a proven technology that will cover more of Europe –- including Central Europe –- more effectively than the previous approach. It meets the missile threats of today, and allows us to improve our defenses against that threat well into the future. Its flexibility will enable us to adapt if the threat changes. Its very existence will deter those who might think about coercing or attacking our forces, or our allies in Europe –- and it will defend them, our friends in Europe, against that threat should deterrence fail. Simply put, our missile defense plan means greater security for Europe, and greater security for America. Some -- maybe even understandably -- jump to the conclusion that this new missile defense approach was meant to appease Russia at the expense of Central Europe. Nothing could be further from the truth. That is absolutely wrong. Missile defense is not about Russia. Our approach is driven by security requirements of the United States and our NATO allies, period. Period. What is true is that we are working to strengthen our relationship with Russia. We believe that a more constructive relationship with Russia will benefit all. But we're not naïve. The truth is we share some common interests: cutting the arsenals of nuclear weapons; securing vulnerable nuclear materials; stabilizing Afghanistan; preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The White House and Biden worked hard to spin their decision to go along with Russia's repeated demands that the missile shield not be deployed. I suspect that AQ and the Taliban are taking notes on the waffling of the obama administration on this issue and the matter of giving Petreaus et al what they need to win in Afghanistan. Shades of Korea and Vietnam - a war fought from the safety and confines of the D.C. beltway. The entire speech can be found on the White House site under Biden.