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US Starts New Arms Race in Europe Comment by Larry Ross, April 18, 2007
Placing US anti-missile defence systems in European countries is a multi-message to Russia, and another indication that the US is restarting the international arms race and a new cold war. If the US launches a pre-emptive nuclear war on Iran, as much expert testimony indicates, and it looks like it may go global, they may implement global pre-emptive nuclear strikes against some other nuclear weapon states. Bush, as Commander In Chief of US military forces, has the legal right (made law by Congress) to launch pre-emptive nuclear war. He may also introduce nuclear weapons into conventional weapon wars. Democratic 'Opposition' Leaders such as Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and others have all endorsed and repeated Bush lies about the Iraq war, and Bush's new set of lies he may use to justify a war on Iran. Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi would not endorse a Bill calling for Bush to get Congressional approval before he began a war on Iran. The idea behind anti-missile defence is to shoot down enemy missiles launched against the US. The US has wasted billions trying to develop a missile defence system which has never worked - except as an exhibition in limited very narrow test conditions. However the wasted billions were welcomed by the rapacious military-industrial-congressional complex.
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The Missile-Defense Flap by Vladimir Belous, RIA Novosti, Moscow, April 11, 2007
The U.S. intention to locate advanced elements of its missile-defense system in Eastern Europe is alarming Russian experts. Claims that 10 anti-missiles are a small number and pose no threat to Russia, which they say boasts thousands of nuclear warheads, and that "these missiles will protect Europe from rogue nations" -- meaning Iran and North Korea -- are tongue-in-cheek and directed at ignorant people. It all sounds like the speech made by Colin Powell during his tenure as U.S. Secretary of State at a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. In it, he argued Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and the world community was obliged to stop their proliferation and use. The upshot of all that is well known: Such weapons were never found anywhere in Mesopotamia. The same fate may befall an American defense shield in
Poland and the Czech Republic. The references to
threats from Iran and North Korea don't have a leg to
stand on.
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US Starts New European Cold War With Russia Comment by Larry Ross, April 18, 2007
Here is the fourth authoritative article showing how the US is starting a new cold war in Europe by installing missile defence systems in European nations. Allegedly against Iran, the missile shields are aimed at Russia and are designed to frustrate a Russian missile response to a US pre-emptive nuclear strike. That's the way the Russians see it and are reacting to counter this American initiative. That means a new arms race in Europe, new risks and dangers and huge arms expenditures. Remember when the cold war ended about 1991 and we looked forward to a 'Peace Dividend', nuclear disarmament and a peaceful just world of glittering possibilities for mankind? This vision is gone and the Bush Administration has decreed a series of sinister events instead - including endless wars on terror, new arms races, arms in space, perhaps a nuclear war with Iran , the potential use of nuclear weapons in other wars and the steady erosion of US Democracy with a creeping fascism to replace it. We must recognise and confront these disastrous, very threatening developments and try to help stop the Bush Administration before it is too late.
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U.S. Missile Deals Bypass, and Annoy, European UnionBy CRAIG S. SMITH, April 13, 2007 PARIS, April 13 — Much of Europe is arguing over a Washington proposal to plant in Poland fewer than a dozen antimissile missiles that might not work, to guard against an Iranian threat that may not exist. The main party in Poland's governing coalition is inclined to accept the deal, and the country's president, Lech Kaczynski, known in Europe for his fierce conservatism and nationalist talk, has been invited to the White House in July to talk things over with President Bush. The Czech Republic's fragile government coalition, meanwhile, has agreed to negotiate placement of high-powered American tracking radar on its soil despite widespread local opposition. The radar, now in the Marshall Islands, would help guide the antimissile missiles from Poland to hit and destroy their fast-moving targets in outer space. The European missile shield would be part of an integrated system that is already taking shape in California and Alaska, where the United States expects to deploy 30 long-range interceptors to guard against missile attack by the end of 2008. Washington says the Eastern European system could act in time to protect most of Europe and all of the United States and even much of Russia from a nuclear attack by Iran, that is, if Iran ever developed or obtained nuclear weapons and rockets with a range long enough to reach those targets, as well as a desire to fire them. They don't have those armaments now, but they might by 2015, the Bush administration says. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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| Germany Wants US Missile Defence For Europe |
by Larry Ross |
April 18, 2007 |
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Here is a UPI article that shows German enthusiasm for a US missile defence system. As might be expected, the German conservatives welcome a new arms race and cold war in Europe. By embracing Bush's and the media lies about an alleged threat from Iran, they have the flimsy excuse. In the short term they may hope for new opportunities for profits. In the long run it can lead to crippling wars, if not nuclear war. I would think that the lessons of history and the potential for far greater wars than World War II, would have taught the Germans some useful lessons. Apparently not. |
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| Iran Helps US Missile Shield |
by Stefan Nicola |
April 11, 2007 |
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Iran's latest claim that it is capable of enriching uranium on an industrial level has encouraged proponents of U.S. plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe, but Moscow is still not amused. After Tehran's nuclear threats, members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives even said more countries in Europe should think about participating in the U.S. anti-missile system. |
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| Gorbachev Says US Missile Defence For Dominating Europe |
comment by Larry Ross |
April 18, 2007 |
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This article by Gorbachev is the most comprehensive article on the subject of US attempts to sell missile defence to European countries. I am amazed that they seem to be buying this expensive and dangerous fraud. It means less independence for Europe, huge expenditure, more US domination and agenda, and an increase in the likelihood of crippling wars. How could Europeans accept American lies and propaganda and do such a self-destructive act as install missile defence systems? It makes no sense particularly after they have had the example of US lying to justify their illegal war on Iraq with over 600,000 people killed |
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| U.S. seeks control of Europe through missile shield - Gorbachev |
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April 12, 2007 |
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KALININGRAD, April 12 (RIA Novosti) - Deployment of U.S. missile-defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic is an attempt by the U.S. to control Europe, the former Soviet president said Thursday. "It is all about influence and domination in Europe," Mikhail Gorbachev said. "I believe it is wrong that America did not even bother to consult its NATO allies." |
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US Starts New European Cold War With Russia Comment by Larry Ross, April 18, 2007
Here is the fourth authoritative article showing how the US is starting a new cold war in Europe by installing missile defence systems in European nations. Allegedly against Iran, the missile shields are aimed at Russia and are designed to frustrate a Russian missile response to a US pre-emptive nuclear strike. That's the way the Russians see it and are reacting to counter this American initiative. That means a new arms race in Europe, new risks and dangers and huge arms expenditures. Remember when the cold war ended about 1991 and we looked forward to a 'Peace Dividend', nuclear disarmament and a peaceful just world of glittering possibilities for mankind? This vision is gone and the Bush Administration has decreed a series of sinister events instead - including endless wars on terror, new arms races, arms in space, perhaps a nuclear war with Iran , the potential use of nuclear weapons in other wars and the steady erosion of US Democracy with a creeping fascism to replace it. We must recognise and confront these disastrous, very threatening developments and try to help stop the Bush Administration before it is too late.
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U.S. Missile Deals Bypass, and Annoy, European UnionBy CRAIG S. SMITH, April 13, 2007 PARIS, April 13 — Much of Europe is arguing over a Washington proposal to plant in Poland fewer than a dozen antimissile missiles that might not work, to guard against an Iranian threat that may not exist. The main party in Poland's governing coalition is inclined to accept the deal, and the country's president, Lech Kaczynski, known in Europe for his fierce conservatism and nationalist talk, has been invited to the White House in July to talk things over with President Bush. The Czech Republic's fragile government coalition, meanwhile, has agreed to negotiate placement of high-powered American tracking radar on its soil despite widespread local opposition. The radar, now in the Marshall Islands, would help guide the antimissile missiles from Poland to hit and destroy their fast-moving targets in outer space. The European missile shield would be part of an integrated system that is already taking shape in California and Alaska, where the United States expects to deploy 30 long-range interceptors to guard against missile attack by the end of 2008. Washington says the Eastern European system could act in time to protect most of Europe and all of the United States and even much of Russia from a nuclear attack by Iran, that is, if Iran ever developed or obtained nuclear weapons and rockets with a range long enough to reach those targets, as well as a desire to fire them. They don't have those armaments now, but they might by 2015, the Bush administration says.
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