I wrote yesterday of the Obama administration's apparent sell-out of Eastern Europe to the Russians when he offered to not deploy a missile defense for Poland and the Czech Republic in exchange for Russia's help in preventing Iran from building nukes.Not surprisingly, the Russians turned him down cold: Russian President Medvedev has said he's willing to discuss the proposed US missile shield with Washington. But he added that any deal linking those talks with negotiations regarding Iran would not be productive.Russian President Dimitry Medvedev's comments came in response to a New York Times report that US President Barack Obama had written a secret letter to his Russian counterpart offering to halt the planned missile shield, which would be located mainly in Poland and the Czech Republic, in return for Moscow's help in stopping Iran from developing long-range nuclear weapons.  The Russian president welcomed the "positive signals" coming from the Obama...(Read Full Post)