THE QUESTION IS WHY SHOULD WE SAVE THEM...AGAIN:

Europe warms to US missile shield: Concerns about Iran have reduced opposition to US plans to extend its 'star wars' defense system (Jeffrey White, 2/26/07, The Christian Science Monitor)

Despite Russia's mounting opposition, the Czech Republic, Poland, and - as of Friday - Britain have all expressed serious interest in hosting parts of the shield. Other countries traditionally cool to the idea have been notably quiet. The trigger: concern about a nuclear Iran.

"This is all a result of Iran," says Tim Williams, a European security analyst at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London. "Governments see that Iranian missiles can hit Europe, and suddenly they are very worried about the threat from ballistic missiles. They have to look at missile defenses."

Didn't fifty years of depending on us for their existence make them big enough welfare queens?

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 25, 2007 8:10 PM