European security
Good news from Prague. The Czech government has agreed that the US may build a radar site as part of the US's missile defence programme.
This is good news for a number of reasons. It will bolster European security. It also gives the US a bigger influence in the Czech Republic which counters the growing Russian meddling. And it is a step in containing Russia.
The Russians aren't very pleased according to the Guardian, but then they wouldn't be. Russia is a meddlesome, aggressive, expansionist power that is trying to use its energy resources to rebuild its empire. They don't want their ambitions curtailed by greater US influence in Europe.
Europe doesn't have a choice though. For forty years, half of Europe suffered under the Russian-Soviet Empire. Many Russians think that that awful period was a time of Russian greatness that they'd like to rebuild it. This must be resisted.
This is good news for a number of reasons. It will bolster European security. It also gives the US a bigger influence in the Czech Republic which counters the growing Russian meddling. And it is a step in containing Russia.
The Russians aren't very pleased according to the Guardian, but then they wouldn't be. Russia is a meddlesome, aggressive, expansionist power that is trying to use its energy resources to rebuild its empire. They don't want their ambitions curtailed by greater US influence in Europe.
Europe doesn't have a choice though. For forty years, half of Europe suffered under the Russian-Soviet Empire. Many Russians think that that awful period was a time of Russian greatness that they'd like to rebuild it. This must be resisted.
posted by The Chronicler at 1:52 AM
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