End of Stalemate in Missile Defence Negotiations
Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute | August 22, 2008
Even though both Washington and Warsaw deny it, it was the Russian attack on Georgia that broke the stalemate in negotiations and pushed Polish government towards signing the missile defence treaty on Wednesday. ++ A garrison of American soldiers who will protect the US Patriot air defense battery on the Polish territory is supposed to act as a tripwire - any Russian attack on the MD system would be likely to kill US soldiers thus giving Washington an excuse to intervene on Poland`s behalf in case of a Russian-Polish conflict.
