Obama plans to bow to Russia's desire to drop a missile shield plan for Eastern Europe. Since Iran's nuclear program is progressing full bore regardless of Obama's weakness in dealing with the Iranians he has little choice but to comply. Iran has remained belligerent and has not responded to Obama's "open hand" comment. Iran has asked for apologies for American actions and asked Hollywood to apologize for recent creative works. Ironically, I agree with the apology, except for different reasons. Iran was offended with recent Hollywood efforts such as "300" which portrayed the ancient Persians in a truthful, according to Thucydides, but negative light. The plans to deploy a missile base in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic has left Eastern Europe in the lurch since they have been among the West's biggest supporters. The new regime is abandoning them in favor of showing a weak hand before Russia since the missile shield has been viewed as a threat to its national security. Russia has played its energy card well and has already kow-towed the Europeans.
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