Patriots in Poland

Starting the Cold War over with U.S. Patriots in Poland. The Polish start line didn’t do the Germans much good in WWII.

U.S. and Poland set missile deal - International Herald Tribune
A senior Pentagon official described an unusual part of this quid pro quo: an American Patriot battery would be moved from Germany to Poland, where it would be operated by a crew of about 100 American military personnel. The expenses would be shared by both nations. American troops would join the Polish military, at least temporarily, at the front lines — facing east toward Russia.

Related posts:

• Hero: the people of Poland
• Russian nuclear doctrine allows attack against “annoying” countries?
• McFaul has company — 9 ships from Turkey, Germany, Poland, Spain and US
• Military tension in Antarctica?
• the Former Nazi German Concentration Camp of Auschwitz