The Washington Post is asking why. So are many nervous Democrats who want to know just what concessions Obama expects to get from Russia by groveling and bending to their threats.As NRO said, the decision to stab the Poles and the Czechs in the back after they went far out on a political limb to support the placement of the missile shield was "inexplicable." The Post: Nevertheless Mr. Gates's "almost" speaks volumes -- because the suggestion by other administration spokesmen that the decision had nothing to do with Russia will probably not be credible to much of the rest of the world, including the Russians themselves. By replacing a planned radar system in the Czech Republic with another in the Caucasus and by ending a commitment to place 10 long-range missile interceptors in Poland, President Obama satisfies the unjustified demands of Russia's leaders, Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. Moscow implausibly claimed to feel threatened by those systems; in reality,...(Read Full Post)