by Darthwing Teorist on Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:00 pm
Personally, I think the missile shield is a crappy idea. Can it become better? Of course, but it will be easily overcome by any country with nukes. Even I can think of a myriad ways to do this.
I cannot speak for Poles (I am partially Polish but I am born and raised in Romania), but besides some economic benefits it is actually dangerous as it escalates the arms race. In case of a war with Russia, the Eastern European nations will be on the first line and they will suffer, as usually, the worst.
Keep in mind also that in the ex-Warsaw Pact countries there are strong extremist views. They have also strong anti-Russian opinions for historical reasons. Combine these two and you will not get a very objective view on the subject. Some over there even think that US technology can protect them from the Russians. It simply cannot. Besides, I don't know how far would the US really go if shit hits the fan in the region: after the second world war, Romanians waited for a long time for the US to deliver them from the Soviets. But they didn't know then that their fate was already decided at Yalta.
И ам тхе террор тхат флапс ин тхе нигхт! И ам тхе црамп тхат руинс ёур форм! И ам...