AP report: A respected pro-business Czech newspaper cries betrayal
Vanessa Gera, Associated Press writer: “An editorial in Hospodarske Novine, a respected pro-business Czech newspaper said: ‘an ally we rely on has betrayed us, and exchanged us for its own, better relations with Russia, of which we are rightly afraid.”
Also, earlier in the report: “Poles and Czechs voiced deep concern Friday at President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap a Bush-era missile defense shield planned for their countries.”
” ’ Betrayal! The U.S. sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back,’ the Polish tabloid Fakt declared on its front page.”
“Polish President Lech Kaczynski said he was concerned that Obama’s new strategy leaves Poland in a dangerous ‘gray zone’ between Western Europe and the old Soviet sphere.”
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“The move has raised fears in the two nations [Poland and Czech Republic] that they are being marginalized by Washington even as a resurgent Russia leaves them longing for added American protection.”
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” ‘No Radar. Russia won’ the largest Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes declared