Czech-US radar talks resume in aftermath of Gates bombshell
"The talks will only deal with the legal framework for US soldiers being at the base, not at all with Russians," Czech defence ministry spokesman Jan Pesek told AFP. He referred to previous suggestions by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates that a Russian presence at the Czech base was possible.
Last week, Moscow rejected the idea of sending observers to the planned Czech base. Still, astonishment at the idea Prague might have allowed a Russian return -- nearly 40 years after Soviet-led forces invaded the country -- still reverberates locally."
And this guy was supposed to be an expert on the Russians when he served at the CIA?
And HE is going to stop Cheney and the Nutcase Neo-Cons?
We're doomed.