Dear Mr. President,
It seems you have come to a decision about the Eastern European missile shield that will be greeted with relief and gratitude by the Czech population when it's announced Thursday. I haven't the expertise to know if it's the right decision. I just know Czech reaction to the issue.
I hope when this decision is announced, adequate cover is given to the Czech politicians who went to bat for America and said "yes, we will allow this missile shield to be built here."
These politicians agreed to help our government when it wasn't popular with their own people. How does America get cooperation the next time, if when we ask them to defend a locally-unpopular idea, we then change our minds and leave them out on the tree limb we've decided to saw off?
P.S. Have you taken a look at how Czech health care stats compare to America's? They are kicking our behinds! Fight harder for health care reform. We are counting on you.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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I do guess they want us bury alive? Or, what??? We need all the protection we can get due to the hate they have for us and our "Freedom"!!! Help!!!
Oh boy- how are things going over there since the decision to scrap the whole plane? : /
Karen - You make some very important points.
It is certainly the case that, the Czech government of the time, went out on a limb to support the idea of the missile shield being located in the Czech Republic & neighbouring Poland. Most opinion polls seem to indicate that about 60% of Czechs were and still are opposed to the idea. I don't disagree with President Obama's decision - it was and still is untried technology and the reassessment of the nature of the Iranian treat is almost certainly accurate.
However, despite public opposition, there remains a feeling here that the Czechs are just pawns about which no one really cares. They were abandoned in 1938 by Great Britain and France in an attempt to appease Hitler. And no one came to their aid in 1968 when the Soviet tanks rolled in. And you wonder why the Czechs sometimes appear cynical......
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