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Keep U.S. dollars at home (anti-anti-missile defense alert)
The Prague Post Online ^ | July 13, 2008 | Paulette Will

Posted on 07/13/2008 9:52:56 AM PDT by Kozel89

Compare that relatively small $2.7 million in federal aid to the $310 million originally set aside for a U.S. radar base project in the Czech Republic. It’s totally unjustified to fund unproven missile technologies and radar bases in foreign countries while U.S. roads, bridges, dams, levees and tunnels are in dire need of repair. As Czechs and Americans see U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech officials sign off on a document signaling the acceptance of the Czech government to the installation of a radar tracking system on Czech soil, there are more than a few ironies worth noting.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: czech; europe; foreignaid; foreignpolicy; geopolitics; missiledefense; radar
The left has dominated the press in the Czech Republic on this topic with same old tired themes.
1 posted on 07/13/2008 9:52:57 AM PDT by Kozel89
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