Czech Opposition Demands Referendum On U.S. Missile Radar

[North Pole Resident]

The anti-American movement in Central Europe is growing....

Czech opposition demands referendum on U.S. missile radar

21:51 | 19/ 06/ 2008


WARSAW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Czech opposition has gathered over 100,000 signatures in support of a proposal to hold a national referendum on the placement of a U.S. early-warning radar in the Czech Republic, an opposition spokesperson said on Thursday.
The agreement between Prague and Washington, which was officially approved by the Czech government on May 21, is expected be ratified by the end of 2008.
The document will be put forward for ratification to parliament together with a second agreement on deployment terms and conditions for U.S. service personal, which should be ready by early July when U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to visit Prague to sign the documents.
Spokeswoman Ivona Novomestskà also said the opposition was preparing a protest rally in the center of Prague upon Rice's arrival on July 9-10.

Around two-thirds of the Czech population are against the radar plans, according to an April opinion poll.
There is also considerable opposition to the deployment plan in the Czech parliament, with the leading opposition force, the Social Democratic Party, demanding a public discussion on the issue.
Russia sees the proposed Central European shield as a potential threat to national security, and believes it would destroy the strategic balance of forces in Europe.

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Demonstrators hold a scarecrowduring a protest rally against a possible installation of a US missile defense radar system in the Czech Republic, 04 June 2007 in Prague. George W. Bush arrives 04 June 2007, for a two-day visit to the Czech Republic. Czech protesters promised a noisy reception Monday for visiting President George W. Bush and his project to deploy elements of an anti-missile shield in their country and neighbouring Poland

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[faithful_servant]

So explain to me how this would effect world peace?? Does it increase the possibility that someone will attack or decrease it? Does it have the ability to help save lives by spotting missiles being launched and allowing them to be stopped before they can kill someone? From what I can see, this is a great step towards assuring peace in E. Europe. After all, you never know when some rogue nation's gonna pop up and do something like invade Poland.