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I'm not saying it's one sided-I'm just saying it's like the USA casually flopping their cock on Russia's shoulder and daring them not to complain about the strong smell of parmesan emanating off it.
Yes, Russia has a nuclear arsenal that defies logic and purpose, but at least they keep it under an old tarp in the back garden and their (visible) foreign military intervention over the last few decades is more like an alcoholic nonce having a stroke in the bushes rather than USA/UK gadding about the globe toppling so called dictators on a whim and a prayer.
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I don't ever really understand this logic.
The US invaded Iraq. Yes, bad idea. I was against it. But you're seriously saying that means the Czechs and the Poles aren't allowed to have a view about how they'd like to protect themselves from their surly neighbour with previous?
The Poles at least (I haven't been following the debate in CZ so closely) are quite keen to host the shield, so much so they've been offering to pay for some of it.
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That's so pathetically one-sided it's laughable. Sure, you can argue missile defence systems undermine MAD doctrine and therefore make the world less safe. But the Russians have ICBMs pointed at us and have for a long time. So complaining that we're pointing missiles at them and saying therefore we're the bad guys is just silly.