Purely Defensive Measures

A Russian general has warned that complicity in Washington's missile defence boondoggle exposes Poland to attack. General Anatoly Nogovitsyn also observed that Russian military doctrine permits use of nuclear weapons "against the allies of countries having nuclear weapons if they in some way help them", in contrast to NATO's military doctrine, which permits use of nuclear weapons whenever Washington finds it commensurate with Enlightenment values.

The missile defence system is intended to protect staunchly Catholic Poland against attacks by the mad mullahs of Iran, although Russia's recent defence of Ossetian independence against Georgian aggression is also cause for concern.