Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Iran vs. Poland (just like Wrestlemania...only different)

In the January 27 Mideast edition of Stars and Stripes, there was a report entitled: “Pentagon to build intercept missile systems in Poland, Czech Republic.” It began: “The Pentagon is moving rapidly to build new missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic to counter the threat posed by Iranian long-range missiles.”

“The immediate threat in terms of emerging threats that we see is obviously the Iranians, and they’re putting a lot of energy into that [long-range missile] program,” Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” Obering, head of the Missile Defense Agency, told the Washington Times. Plans call for deploying 10 long-range missile interceptors in Poland at a cost of about $3.5 billion.

Iran vs. Poland, huh? Who knew? As far as I know, they haven’t faced off since the 1992 World Cup when the Iranians blanked the Poles 2-0. How could things between these two nations have deteriorated to a point where hypothetical long-range missiles and inevitable interceptors and a few billion American taxpayer dollars are involved?

Could it be that whole “Coalition of the Willing” thing? You might recall the first Bush-Kerry presidential debate (September 30, 2004), when the senator from Massachusetts said: “When we went in (to Iraq), there were three countries: Great Britain, Australia and the United States. That’s not a grand coalition. We can do better.”

To which, Dubya famously replied: “Well, actually, he forgot Poland.”

Apparently, Iran hasn’t forgotten Poland…

(insert rimshot here)