American president Barack Obama wants to 'abandon' plans to open a defence shield in Eastern Europe, under the condition that Russia has to help America protect the west - and Israel - against any possible attack from Iran, the Times Online has reported today.Mr. Obama's desire to make Russia help the West - and Israel - if any missiles are fired from Iran was expressed in a letter - written by the very same Abama - hard-handed to Russia's president Dmitri Medvedev a month ago.
The letter was scoped in an article by the New York Times, the (London) Times Online has reported today.
The letter stated that plans considered by former US president George W Bush to open defence shields in Poland and the Czech Republic were no longer considered necessary by president Obama if Russia were to fight Iran in case any missile was fired from Iranian territory.
However, (I believe) it is not a secret that Russia has no intentions of helping America 'protect' the west, nor would Russia want to protect Israel if nuclear missiles are fired from Iran.
A prove of this is that since the 'hard-handed' letter was sent to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, no diplomatic talk about this serious matter has been held yet.
The Times Online reported: "News of the offer, which the Kremlin officially denied this morning, emerged as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepares for her first meeting with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, on Friday in Geneva. A senior US official told (the Times): It's almost saying to them, put up or shut up. It's not that the Russians get to say, We'll try and therefore you have to suspend. It says the threat has to go away."The Times Online also reported: "(Mr. Lavrov) added: Any Russian-US cooperation on missile defence should be based on joint analysis, calculation and study of different missile threats."
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