Poland, Israel sign missile deal

[Resistance]

By Matthew Clark | csmonitor.com

Warsaw reaps rewards for its politically risky support of the US-led war in Iraq.

After going out on a limb as one of the United States' staunchest allies in the war in Iraq, Poland is starting to see some payback. The latest reward comes not from the US but from Israel in the form of a ten-year missile contract valued at around $350 million.

As The Jerusalem Post reports, "the deal was so important for Poland that Minister of National Defense Jerzy Szmajdzinski was on hand to sign it" in Skarzysko Kamienna, 90 miles south of Warsaw.

Last April marked a politically significant reward for Poland's support of the coalition when the country signed a $3.5 billion deal to buy 48 US-made F-16 jet fighters. This was the biggest defense contract by a former Soviet bloc country since the end of Cold War.

Times columnist Thomas Friedman writes of Poland as a "geopolitical spa" for America and the "antidote to European anti-Americanism." But he points out that this goodwill is tenuous.

[drdon326]

1. I'm sure there's a joke here somewhere.....

my bad.

[drdon326]

2. Hopefully...

the israelis will load the missiles for them.


my bad

[Jim Sagle]

3. Stop that!

:spank:

[number6]

4. more anti Polishtism

:spank: :(

[drdon326]

5. Technically ...it wasnt....but

:spank: myself

[Resistance]

6. remember

that Friedman represents the liberal, humane end of the American political spectrum ... very sad isn't it?

:evilfrown: