The Czech Parliament dismissed Topolanek in March of this year. His lobby of the deployment of the US radar station in the Czech Republic played an important role in the decision to sack him. Many opinion polls showed that up to 70 percent of the Czechs stood strongly against the US missile defense project in their country. The project does not find enough support with the majority of the Czech deputies either. Which point of view will Obama take into consideration during his meeting with Russian President Medvedev? Will it be the point of view of the former prime minister or the opinion of the Czech nation in general?
Let’s proceed to Poland. Former Prime Minister of Poland Jaroslav Kacznski stated in February of 2007 that the Russians were hoping to have Poland back in their sphere of influence. “Once we have the US missile defense system deployed in Poland, the chances for that will reduce considerably for at least several decades,” he said. Kacznski added that the missile defense system in Poland was not going to be aimed against Russia.
Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with the Wyborcza newspaper on June 24, 2009, that Poland asked the United States to deploy both the elements of the missile defense system and a battery with 196 Patriot missiles in the country.
“Its presence on our territory must be a confirmation of the union between Poland and the USA. I hope that various speculations will not make the battery become a symbol of Poland’s disappointed expectations,” Sikorski said.
His statements sound like extortion. No one at the Polish administration rejected Jaroslav Kacznski’s point of view either. If Obama pays attention to such remarks of his allies, the US-Russian dialogue on missile defense will come to a full stop.
Vadim Trukhachev
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