Quote Originally Posted by doc_bean
I have to disagree with you for once, the missile shield does NOTHING to protect Europe, it's for targeting ICBMs in flight, not when they're about to land. The shield only benefits the US (perhaps western Europe is far enough away too, but I digress).
I, for one, don't disagree with you, I just see it from a different perspective.

I don't think this missile shield / warning system works in the first place. And I don't care. To me, this is about the sovereignity of former Soviet colonies in Eastern Europe. Yes, colonies, states brutally subjugated to Russia.
This is about Warsaw and Prague deciding for themselves who gets to build what in their countries. If they want to build a two-hundred meter tall statue of a drunk Pole mooning eastwards, then that's none of Russia's business either. It's the historical right of central Europe.