POLAND DISSED - AT 8:25 A.M. ET:  As if to confirm the story just below, the president of Poland speaks out on missile defense, an an apparent plea to the United States.  AP reports:

Poland's president said Sunday he believes the U.S. will honor its agreement to build a missile defense base in his country, adding that scrapping the project to improve ties with Russia would be an unfriendly gesture toward Poland.

"A deal was signed and I think that regardless of which administration is in power in the United States agreements are going to be implemented," President Lech Kaczynski said on TVN24 television.

COMMENT:  Advice to the president of Poland:  Please note President Obama's rude treatment of Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the U.K. last week.  If I were you, I wouldn't be sure that this administration will honor its agreement with Poland.  The word "ally" doesn't appear to have much strength in the Obama White House. 

March 9, 2009