Wonder why Germany's coming on board? We're doing our part, EU must man up:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/...issile_defense

US, Poland agree to anti-missile defense deal

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, Associated Press Writers 45 minutes ago

Poland and the United States reached an agreement Thursday to base American missile interceptors in Poland, going ahead with a plan that has angered Russia and threatened to escalate tensions with the region's communist-era master.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the United States had agreed to help augment Poland's defenses with Patriot missiles in exchange for placing 10 missile defense interceptors in the eastern European country.

"We have crossed the Rubicon," he said on the TVN24 news channel, referring to U.S. consent to meet Poland's demands.

Tusk said the agreement was initialed by negotiators late Thursday in Warsaw and includes a "mutual commitment" between the two nations — beyond that of NATO — to come to each other's assistance in case of danger.

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