Matt Yglesias

Aug 14th, 2008 at 5:35 pm

Counterbalancing

The US and Poland had been at loggerheads over the question of basing American missile interceptors in Poland, but suddenly the two countries have reached a deal leaving Russia as the big loser. As Robert Farley notes “this can happen when you adopt a foreign policy of intimidation” and American neocons ought to take note of the general applicability of the principle.






17 Responses to “Counterbalancing”

  1. Duncan Kinder Says:

    So when do the S-300’s ship to Iran?

  2. Peter K. Says:

    So Saakashvili’s ploy worked? I’m confused….

  3. blah Says:

    Sounds like the U.S. sweetened the deal for Poland in response to the Georgia business.

  4. Don Williams Says:

    Why is Russia a big loser in the deal? Do you think they have no way to counter?

  5. Don Williams Says:

    Matthew seems to think the Russians follow the rules in warfare.

    I suggest that Matthew not play soccer with the Chinese:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/sports/olympics/15soccer.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

  6. bob h Says:

    “leaving Russia as the big loser”

    Except for the fact that the missile defense system will not work in a real world attack scenario.

  7. Njorl Says:

    Except for the fact that the missile defense system will not work in a real world attack scenario.

    If you consider it as strategic missile defense, it is almost certainly a waste. What the Russians see is the US putting a lot of top-of-the line radar and a de facto theater missile defense system along with secure communications and a command and control center.

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