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  "Ser bom atlanticista não chega..."

  http://causa-nossa.blogspot.com/2008/05/ser-bom-atlanticista...
  197 days ago in Causa Nossa · Authority: 430

  Este artigo demonstra bem que ser aliado de Washington não significa necessariamente ser subserviente e, muito menos, adoptar uma atitude negocial determinada pela falta de ambição. A Polónia tem feito os fretes todos a Washington, inclusive enterrar-se no lodo iraquiano. Em troca sente que recebeu pouco e faz agora a vida negra a uma Administração Bush que, nos derradeiros meses da sua existência, quer deixar trabalho feito no sistema de defesa anti-míssil. E que para isso precisa da anuência de Varsóvia... Independentemente do mérito das respectivas posições negociais americana e polaca, das virtudes ou defeitos do projecto de defesa anti-míssil, e do debate sobre a urgência da ameaça iraniana, é refrescante assistir a um diálogo negocial transatlântico entre dois aliados, em que ambos defendem os seus interesses: ao contrário de outros casos, em que os EUA defendem os seus interesses, e o parceiro, paralisado pelo sentimento de "privilégio" de estar á mesa com Washington, vê no baixar da própria fasquia negocial a melhor maneira de agradar aos EUA e ganhar assim "acesso privilegiado aos corredores do poder em Washington". Se os polacos conseguirem sacar o que querem sacar aos EUA por causa de dez mísseis interceptores, imaginem o que uma equipa negocial portuguesa à séria sacava em troca da Base das Lajes...http://rpc.twingly.com/
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  Missile Defense News

  http://globalissuesweb.com/wp/?p=5128
  202 days ago in Global Issues Web News: News, Commentary, and Analysis on World Issues · Authority: 5

  Israel may join US missile-defense network (JTA) Before you continue… Signing-in to JTA’s website enables you to view our full-text articles and to add comments to our stories. Not registered? Sign up now. It’s fast and it’s free. Among Czechs and Poles, same missile shield, differing sense of threat (International Herald Tribune) The Czech Republic believes that the threat the shield is designed to counter comes from Iran and other “rogue” regimes. But Poland’s stance is dramatically different. Official: US can seek other location for missile defense base (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi) Associated Press - May 9, 2008 11:23 AM ET WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland’s foreign minister says the government will not interfere if the U.S. seeks a different country to accept part of a… Russia’s missile defense systems: past, present and future (Russian Information Agency Novosti) MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - Thirty years ago, on May 15, 1978, a missile defense system was placed on combat duty to protect Moscow as the capital city of the Soviet Union. House Dems cut funds for Euro-BMD bases (Space War) Washington DC (UPI) May 12, 2008 The long and complicated negotiations about congressional funding for the two proposed U.S. ballistic missile defense bases in Central Europe took a another twist Wednesday when the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Democrat-controlled Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives voted to curt nearly a third of the funds that the Bush … Official: US can seek other location for missile defense base (KRON 4 Bay Area) WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland’s foreign minister says the government will not interfere if the U.S. seeks a different country to accept part of a missile defense system. US Offer On Missile Defense Unsatisfactory - Polish PM (Nasdaq) WARSAW (AFP)–Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk Tuesday said Washington’s offers to boost his nation’s security in exchange for hosting a controversial U.S. missile shield were unsatisfactory. Czech opponents goes on hunger strike in against U.S. radar (People’s Daily) Jan Tamas, an activist of the Czech civic group No to Bases, went on hunger strike in protest against the planned U.S. missile defense radar base in west Bohemia area of the country, the Czech news agency CTK said on Tuesday. Tamas … Japan lower house OKs space defense bill (AP via Yahoo! News) Japan’s powerful lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to allow the country’s space programs to be used for national defense, the latest move by Tokyo to give more freedom to the tightly controlled military. Share This Article With Planet Earth (Space War) Japan Plans Missile Defense Warning Satellites Washington (UPI) May 9, 2008 The Cabinet Committee of the main chamber of the Japanese Parliament, or Diet, Friday approved legislation that would allow Japan to deploy military systems in space for defensive purposes.

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