August 20, 2008 (LPAC)--The Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Poland Concerning the Deployment of Ground-Based Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptors in the Territory of the Republic of Poland was signed in Warsaw today by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. The Polish cabinet approved it yesterday. The Polish parliament still has to ratify the Agreement.

The State Department media notice states that the agreement "will allow the United States to construct, maintain, and operate a facility encompassing ten ground-based BMD interceptors. The United States and Poland will negotiate a separate agreement to address the status of U.S. military forces to be deployed to the territory of Poland.''

This last sentence is followed by: "U.S. and Polish military forces will cooperate in providing physical security for the missile defense interceptor facility.'' This would include "security'' for the battery of Patriot missiles that the U.S. has promised would be moved to Poland, which battery is clearly intended to "protect'' against Russia, not Iran or "rogue states.'' Or, as Lyndon LaRouche suggested, perhaps the security at the missile site will be needed to protect it from angry Poles, when they realize their strategic blunder.