Czech Senate OKs US Radar Installation

[unhappycamper]

Czech Senate OKs US Radar Installation
November 28, 2008
Associated Press

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The upper chamber of the Czech Parliament on Thursday approved a deal with Washington to accept a U.S. missile defense installation.

The deal still needs approval by the lower chamber, where the vote is expected to be close because the governing coalition has too few seats to guarantee passage. That vote is not expected before the end of the year.

The proposed U.S. missile defense system calls for a tracking radar in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in Poland as part of a shield designed to protect the region from possible attacks from Iran.

The Senate approved both treaties involved in the deal - the main bilateral treaty allowing the United States to build a radar base near Prague and the second, "complementary," treaty that deals with the legal status of U.S. soldiers to be deployed at the base.

"It is good news for us, Europe and our NATO allies," Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said.


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[Selatius]

1. They are fools. The last thing all of Europe needs is to antagonize Russia.

They are simply creating a future where a future Russia will be a hostile Russia. What a waste for Europe to see the end of the Cold War only to find themselves locked in a second cold war because somebody in Washington wanted to treat Russia like a defeated Weimar Germany.