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Where is the proposed missile defence sheild in Poland really aimed?

A Telegraph blogger asks the question, is the US missile sheild (to be set up in Poland and the Czech Republic) aimed at Moscow?
Has Poland's president confirmed what Moscow has long suspected? That the US missile shield in Eastern Europe is not directed at rogue states like Iran, but at Russia? [snip] The point remains however, that the US is adamant that Russia is not the real strategic target of the shield. But did Poland's president Lech Kaczynski, who is leading the delegation of Ukrainian and Baltic leaders to Georgia today, let slip the mask last weekend? Then, according to DPA, he declared that the war in the Caucasus was a "very strong argument" for Poland to make a missile defence deal with the US.
Personally, I have held off commenting about this because of the extreme danger for Poland in dealing with Russia. The only thing I will say is that right now, where Russia has said they have stopped fighting in Georgia, but the reports on the ground say something very different are typical of the type of confusion the Russians like to operate in. They did this in WW2 when they invaded Poland in 1939, ostensibly to protect Poland from Germany, but in reality it was to invade and round up as many of the Polish army as possible. Just because Russia's name is now Russia rather than the USSR doesn't mean their modus operandi is any different.

Related Link: Is the US missile shield aimed at Moscow? ~ Telegraph Blogs, Harry de Quetteville

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