Cel? Did you read the same article???
..."When we started discussing this with the United States, the U.S. assured us they would persuade the Russians that it was purely defensive and it would be a non-controversial decision," he told the annual Brussels Forum conference...
Well...they didn't.
Quite to the contrary Russia is now threatening with a new arms race!
Why are you so hot on this shield? Europe needs it like a wart...
...At the same event, U.S. Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher, who is expected to be named the new U.S. under secretary for arms control and international security, said the missile system would not be deployed until it had been proven to work....
Well...it doesn't.
A quite blurry way out but a way out nonetheless!
She said NATO needed to develop a short- to medium-range system, something that could involve cooperation with Russia.
Sounds more like a "wind of change"...