Conservatives excoriated the White House for what they called a policy of "appeasement" to the Russians, who have maintained that the previous system was directed at Russia's defenses; something the Bush administration denied.
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That's what you call unabashed hypocrisy.
Not more than a year ago conservatives (read, neo-cons) were responding to Russia's concerns about the missile defense system by rolling their eyes and saying things like, "Russia is living in the past. The Cold War is over. This is not about Russia."
Now they're jumping up and down, hysterically screaming, "This is about Russia!, This is about Russia!!!!!"
Were it not for America's short attention span no politician would ever be re-elected.
Alas....
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