Poland and Czech Rep. have been told by the US that there'll be no missiles there after all. Great! Obama is scrapping the old plan by the Bush government.

The planned missile sites were creating tension between Russia and Nato. Of course, in extension those European countries that are members of Nato. This is not what we need in Europe.

Ex-president Bush made the laughable comment that the missiles were to defend Europe against attacks from Iran or North Korea... What a totally ludicrous idea! Nobody European with half a brain-cell or rudimentary knowledge of geography would fear either of those countries. The proposed placement of these missiles was such that it was obvious that Russia was the potential target.

Do we need this kind of war-mongery in Europe? No! It's great news that Obama realised this and backed off. Story about this in two leading British papers which have slightly different political persuations.

The Independant (Liberal I think) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...d-1788887.html
Times (Semi Conservative) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6838058.ece
This is no doubt also covered in Conservative "The Daily Telegraph" and Labour "The Guardian"